Queen Camilla reviews the true story of princess Diana's death
In the early hours of the morning on Sunday, August 31, 1997, Princess Diana died in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. In the car with her was her current boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed; Henri Paul, the driver of the car; and Trevor Rees-Jones, her bodyguard. Rees-Jones was the only survivor.
Diana and Dodi had spent 10 days together on board Mohamed Al Fayed's yacht, the Journal, and then flew from Sardinia to Paris on August 30, 1997. She was due back in London on August 31, 1997, where her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, were returning from Balmoral Castle.
The two arrived in Paris around 3 p.m., and went from the airport to Villa Windsor, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's former home that Mohammed Al Fayed purchased. From there, they went to the Ritz Paris, owned by the Fayed family. During this time, Princess Diana spoke to her sons on the phone. While at the Ritz, Dodi visited the Repossi jewelry shop in Place Vendôme.
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Early in the evening, they left the Ritz for Dodi's apartment on Rue Arsène Houssaye...
The couple planned to eat dinner at Chez Benoit around 9:30 p.m., but due to paparazzi attention, ended up back at the Ritz. They first tried to eat at the L'Espadon restaurant, but 10 minutes later, went to dine in private in the Imperial Suite. According to the Associated Press, "Diana is reported to have ordered an appetizer of mushrooms and asparagus, and then sole; for Dodi, turbot."
Shortly after midnight, they decided to leave the hotel to go to Dodi's apartment. Henri Paul, the head of the Ritz security, drove them in a Mercedes S280 car. (Autopsy results later revealed that Paul was drunk.) They left around 12:20 a.m. through the back entrance of the hotel...Read more

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