Few events have had as great a global impact as Diana’s death, which has spurned countless theories, including the following 9 controversial conspiracy theories about Princess Diana’s death.
Even the title is controversial, as Diana, being born of non-royal blood, couldn’t officially be recognized as Princess Diana; the more accurate accolade would be Lady Diana, Princess of Wales. But what exactly is it about Diana that even 20 years later, the world collectively has been unable to move on and hundreds of conspiracy theories are still floating around? To understand that, you need to understand the effect that Lady Diana had on people.
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Before she married Prince Charles, Lady Diana was an ordinary kindergarten teacher, thus making her the first royal bride to hold a paying job before getting married. Furthermore, she was the first Englishwoman in around 300 years to marry an heir apparent, two attributes which combined led to the media, and through the media, the public becoming infatuated with her. Of course, it didn’t hurt that she was incredibly stunning and graceful to boot, making regular public appearances which made her even more endearing to the general public. To put this into perspective, an estimated audience of around 750 million people watched the royal wedding.
However, even the most optimistic man would agree that real life is hardly a fairy tale. As time went by, the marriage started falling apart, and finally ended in divorce in 1996. A year later, her story came to a tragic end when she died in a car crash in a tunnel in Paris, attempting to escape paparazzi, while the crash also saw her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul passing away. The death shocked the world in a way few events have since, and a reported 32 million people in Britain watched her televised funeral. Since the event was so tragic and profound, it led to new conspiracy theories being borne every day, some of which even made us sit up and take notice. You can find some of the theories on 6 Conspiracy Theories About Princess Diana’s death. Of course, sometimes, even the wildest conspiracy theories turn out to be true, as evidenced in 26 Crazy Conspiracy Theories That Were Proven True. On the other hand, some are just too ridiculous to be true, as evidenced by 9 New World Order, Illuminati and Donald Trump Conspiracy Theories. While officially her death was attributed to a negligent driver, we scoured the web to determine plausible conspiracy theories which still have not been effectively denounced. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the controversial conspiracy theories about Princess Diana’s death:
9. Involvement of MI6
A former officer of the MI6, Richard Tomlinson, alleged that the MI6 was responsible for the death of Diana, stating that he had seen plans pertaining to the use of bright lights in a tunnel to cause a crash. While a commission was held to determine if there was any truth to these statements, the commission determined that the statements were mainly embellishments and even Tomlinson admitted that he may have gotten the facts wrong. However, many people think he was simply paid or threatened to shut up and prevent the truth from coming out.
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8. Non-existence of CCTV images
We are continuing our list of controversial conspiracy theories about Princess Diana’s death with the theory number 8 – even two decades ago, there were plenty of CCTV cameras in Paris, but the fact that none of the cameras recorded the movement of the car and the subsequent crash led to claims that evidence of murder was being hidden. However, an inquest revealed that most of the camera were private cameras pointed at the entrance of buildings. However, that doesn’t absolve the fact that there were 14 CCTV cameras in the underpass itself, and yet not a single one managed to capture the crash.
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7. White Fiat Uno
To further increase the mystery surrounding Diana’s death, once the wreckage of the Mercedes was analyzed, traces of a white Fiat Uno were discovered. This led to one of the controversial theories surrounding Princess Diana’s death that her car was blocked, resulting in the crash. However, nothing was conclusively proven.
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6. Lack of seatbelts
Both Princess Diana and Dodi were not restrained by seatbelts. Considering that Diana was considered a fanatic about wearing seatbelts, this was thought to be highly uncharacteristic and led to claims that the seatbelts were sabotaged. However, a subsequent analysis showed that the seatbelts were working.
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5. Transportation to the hospital
The difference between the time taken from the moment the call was placed for the ambulance to the ambulance arriving at the hospital was around an hour and a half. Many people thought this was done deliberately to ensure her death but the ambulance driver stated that he drove slowly due to her injuries being incredibly severe.
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4. Relationship with Dodi Fayed
Diana was said to be in love with Dodi Fayed, with plans for a marriage soon. However, many people close to the Princess said that she had no intentions of getting married. Nevertheless, many people still believe that she was murdered in order to prevent her marriage with Dodi Fayed.
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And now, let’s see the top three controversial conspiracy theories about Princess Diana’s death.
3. Embalming of Diana’s body
The father of the aforementioned Dodi Fayed, Mohamad el Fayed claimed that Diana’s body was partially embalmed to hide the fact that she was pregnant. While nothing conclusive was ever proven, the fact that Diana’s body was embalmed while Dodi’s body was not.
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2. SAS
Another controversy on our list of controversial conspiracy theories about Princess Diana’s death was the allegation that the Special Air Service was behind the entire incident, stemming from allegations made by a witness of a sniper belonging to the SAS. However, once again, ‘credible’ evidence was not obtained.
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1. Henri Paul
The primary controversial conspiracy theory about Princess Diana’s death is that her driver Henri Paul was on the pay-scale of the national security services, primarily due to the cash found on him at the time of the crash and his own personal wealth. Furthermore, according to the investigation, Henri Paul was drunk at the time of driving even though his demeanor seemed to indicate that he was sober. This has given fuel to the conspiracy theorists who claim that the results were falsified to put the blame on Paul in order to hide the murder of one of the most famous people in the world.
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That wraps it up for our list of controversial conspiracy theories about Princess Diana’s death.
