# Was Princess Diana Killed by FBI Space Aliens? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 5, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129 "2004-12-05T00:14:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/21 "2004-12-06T11:04:58Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > No conspiracy- just overagressive driving coupled with the lack of guardrail in front of the columns in the tunnel. If there had been guardrail in front of the columns or filler walls poured between them, she lives today. Don’t forget that apparently none of the occupants in the back seat of the car were wearing seatbelts, if they had been they may have survived. As to the current part of the thread, while I have heard of the theory that she was killed because she may have married a muslim, I think it is very unlikely that there was any conspiracy involved. IMHO she died because: a) She got into a car with (an alledged) drunk driver b) She did not wear a seatbelt. No conspiracy needed just the usual human stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/22 "2004-12-06T18:19:45Z")
My favorite bit of rationalization from that show is the point that since MI-5 went public with the statement that they weren’t involved, and MI-6 never made such a statement, obviously THEY DID IT! ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/23 "2004-12-06T18:41:37Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > My favorite bit of rationalization from that show is the point that since MI-5 went public with the statement that they weren’t involved, and MI-6 never made such a statement, obviously THEY DID IT! This is great evidence. We all know people can’t lie about murder. That’s why the can’t give a statement. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/24 "2004-12-06T18:43:39Z")
the\*\*y[b/] can’t give… ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/25 "2004-12-06T19:46:48Z")
Well, I think the space aliens have been exercising their mind control over the Windsors for some time now. The space aliens were upset by the fact the Diana kept getting colonics that removed her mind-control implantation device and they wanted revenge. So they caused QEII to dress up as a paparazzi, ride a motorcycle over to the restaurant, and then incite the other paparazzi into a wild chase. Afterward, she fled the scene, returning home with no memory of what occurred. The space aliens unbelted Diana and Dodi at the last second with special magnetic remote controls, the same ones used to make the magic bullet do all that ricocheting. Thus the space aliens have again succeeded. If only people would see the _truth_!!! Or maybe it was just a drunk-driving accident… ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/26 "2004-12-07T00:50:05Z")
I’ve read some interesting theories that didn’t involve aliens or the FBI. IMO, it was a bad mixture of circumstances that contributed to her death. Does that count as a conspiracy? First, since hooking up with Dodi, she didn’t stick to her usual routine of going out once for an event or whatever then retiring to her place for the rest of the evening. (The theory is that he craved media attention for having a famous girlfriend, and so did a lot of running around.) They had gone out (IIRC) twice already that night, and were heading out for the third time, and that was not typical for her, but was for him. Second, the drunk driver and the lack of seatbelts. Third, the French paramedics took a long time to get her out and to the hospital. I don’t want to start any French bashing, but I did read that the long interval of time it took to begin treatment probably made a difference to her survival after the accident. The person who mentioned this said that the French approach is not quite as gung-ho as the American paramedics approach at the scene of an accident, with “get 'em out and stabilized” followed by speeding to the hospital. I actually read they drove very slowly to the nearest hospital, after taking maybe an hour to get her out of the car, with little to no medical treatment during that time. If any more knowledgeable Dopers could weigh in on that? I would appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/27 "2004-12-07T01:34:52Z")
> [@AveDementia](#): > > Third, the French paramedics took a long time to get her out and to the hospital. I don’t want to start any French bashing, but I did read that the long interval of time it took to begin treatment probably made a difference to her survival after the accident. I read something recently–I could kick myself for not remembering where!–that said her injury was mortal from the beginning. Her heart tore through the pericardium with the impact, and was basically squeezed in half within the hole. Whatever doctor wrote that article said almost no one survives an injury like that–it wasn’t so much the tearing of the heart’s artery, but the heart itself was damaged. Of course, \*had she been wearing a seatbelt \*. . . ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/28 "2004-12-07T10:31:50Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > Well, I think the space aliens have been exercising their mind control over the Windsors for some time now. The space aliens were upset by the fact the Diana kept getting colonics that removed her mind-control implantation device and they wanted revenge. . According to Mr David Icke ( a former sports personality turned new age messiah) the Royal Family are not controlled by space aliens but actually are 7 foot tall blood drinking lizards. :eek: Strangely not a lot of people believe this to be true. I am still sticking with the car crash theory myself. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/29 "2004-12-07T10:54:47Z")
There’s another conspiracy theory out about Diana. According to recently released tapes, at one point she was (half-seriously) contemplating running off with her police bodyguard, with whom she was in love. He then dies in a car crash. Hmmm… And if they had any motive, the Royal family would likely have killed her to prevent Mohammed Al-Fayed from having access to the heir to the throne. Mo’s not exactly on their Christmas card list these days. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/30 "2004-12-07T19:50:56Z")
If you’re in a car wreck with Princess Diana, and she’s burning to death, and you have a gun with you, would you shoot her to put her out of her misery? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/31 "2004-12-08T04:37:28Z")
> [@Stryfe](#): > > According to Mr David Icke ( a former sports personality turned new age messiah) the Royal Family are not controlled by space aliens but actually are 7 foot tall blood drinking lizards. :eek: According to David Icke, everyone of note is a lizard. Except Icke of course. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/32 "2004-12-08T09:51:39Z")
Are they all ruled by Jim Morrison? ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/33 "2004-12-09T03:43:48Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > . . . And how did the killers get her to _not wear her seatbelt?_ As a designer dress maven, she didn’t use seatbelts, probably because she didn’t want to wrinkle her apparel. It was probably just force of habit. Second, it’s easier to smooch with a new lover, when you’re not strapped against a car seat. (Don’t even go there. 😉 ) Also: she had no idea the driver was going to play Mario Andretti, especially with a .18 BAC. Conspiracies give meaning to senseless deaths. Also good for Nielsens. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/34 "2004-12-09T04:43:57Z")
She’s the poster-princes for seatbelts. If she was wearing a belt, if the French used guard rails, practiced the procedure of stabilizing a victim for transport, and if the driver wasn’t a drunken idiot traveling at 100 mph in an attempt to escape the dreaded killer photographer then she’d be alive today. It’s not like they had to scoop up clues from the bottom of the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/35 "2004-12-09T10:14:40Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Are they all ruled by Jim Morrison? According to David Ike, Jim Morrison was actually re-incarnated in the form of BBC Radio 5 presenter Nicky Campbell. I think that’s proof enough. (Don’t let the fact that he was born in 1961 confuse you.) As for the royal family; why do you think she’s called E **liza** eth? Huh?? Talk your way out of that one! ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/36 "2004-12-09T10:17:03Z")
Bah, bold tag stole my ‘b’! E **liza** beth. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/37 "2004-12-09T13:21:28Z")
David Icke would be absolutely hillarious, if it weren’t for his antisemetic leanings. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/38 "2004-12-09T14:12:05Z")
> [@Carnac the Magnificent!](#): > > Second, it’s easier to smooch with a new lover, when you’re not strapped against a car seat. (Don’t even go there. 😉 ) Of course, she _was_ found on the floor of the car on her knees, and the joke/rumor was that the driver was speeding because Dodi kept saying, “_Yes! Yes! Faster! Faster!_” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/39 "2004-12-09T15:24:19Z")
What if Lady Di [faked her own death](http://www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/talk/news/diana_conspiracy_theories.html#faked)? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129/40 "2004-12-09T17:05:03Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Then perhaps the FBI space aliens performed a merciful act. Sure, there was that spike of Princess Di stories immediately after her death but when was the last time you saw a magazine featuring her? Amen. Personally, my nickname for the princess is “The Biggest Waste of Time and Ink in History.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-princess-diana-killed-by-fbi-space-aliens/278129.md?page=3)