For many people the inquest has reopened some old and painful wounds but the jury were today asked to put aside their sympathies.

Paul Burrell took an engagement ring off the dead body of Diana, Princess of Wales and kept it, his former bodyguard claimed today.

The six-month inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed is expected to hear its final witnesses next week, a spokesman for the coroner confirmed today.

A paparazzo who took photographs while Diana, Princess of Wales lay dying in a car wreck told police: “I was doing my job.”

Diana, Princess of Wales’s former butler Paul Burrell today faced a possible perjury investigation after refusing to return to her inquest to answer accusations that he lied in his evidence.

Paul Burrell has refused to return from the US to be questioned about whether he lied at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, it was confirmed today.

The former head of the British government’s intelligence and security organisation today denied bugging the Royal Family.

MI6 were not keeping files on Diana, Princess of Wales or her lover Dodi Fayed when they were killed in a Paris car crash, an inquest was told today.

Mohamed al Fayed insisted today that his son Dodi and Diana, Princess of Wales, had told him that they were to marry just an hour before they died.

Mohamed al Fayed declared today that Diana, Princess of Wales and his son Dodi Fayed were “murdered”, as he gave evidence at their inquest.

Mohamed al Fayed arrived at the High Court today and announced: “This is my moment for me to say exactly what how I feel.”

Former British home secretary Kenneth Clarke blocked an investigation into the interception of the telephone calls behind the "Squidgy-gate" and "Camilla-gate" affairs in case the press found out, a court heard today.

Britain’s ambassador in Paris at the time of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales emphatically denied today that he ordered the embalming of her body on the instructions of MI5 to “conceal the fact she was pregnant with Dodi Fayed’s child”.

A photographer at the centre of claims that Diana, Princess of Wales, was murdered, bragged to a famous crime novelist that he was at the scene of her fatal car crash undetected, her inquest has heard.

Scientists hired by Mohamed al Fayed to question findings on Henri Paul's blood alcohol levels concluded he had a drink problem, the Diana inquest heard today.

A bodyguard who protected Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed in the days before their fatal car crash was left frustrated after his calls for extra security help were turned down, an inquest heard.

A sister of Diana, Princess of Wales is expected to give evidence today at the inquest into her death.

Two French paparazzi who pursued Diana, Princess of Wales, shortly before her death today suggested they were refusing to co-operate with the inquest because they lacked confidence in proceedings.

The sole survivor of the crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales, will give evidence at her inquest today.

The procedures followed by French medical examiners to determine whether Henri Paul was drunk, had "inconsistencies", the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales was told today.

Diana, Princess of Wales’s blossoming relationship with her new love Dodi Fayed left the Queen “concerned” as the couple grew closer, the inquest was told today.

Diana, Princess of Wales’ former butler will continue giving evidence at her inquest today as her ex-lover Hasnat Khan said he hopes it will bring an end to speculation surrounding her death.

Diana, Princess of Wales, was planning to marry her Muslim lover, Hasnat Khan, her inquest was told today.

The controversial "Squidgygate" tapes were probably the work of the British intelligence listening station GCHQ which routinely bugged the conversations of Diana, Princess of Wales, her inquest heard.

Princess Diana confided in a close friend that she needed marriage to Dodi Fayed "like a rash on my face" days before the couple died in a car crash, her inquest heard.

French police investigating the car crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed never once suggested it was anything other than a tragic accident, the inquest into their deaths heard today.

Extracts from long-secret letters revealing an affectionate relationship between Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Duke of Edinburgh were read at the inquest into her death today.

The doomed plan to sneak Diana, Princess of Wales, out the back door of the Ritz Hotel away from the paparazzi on the night of her death was devised by her lover Dodi Fayed himself, the couple's inquest heard today.

The man who drove Diana, Princess of Wales, and her lover Dodi Fayed on the journey on which they were killed knew he should not have been at the wheel, a court heard today.

The body of Diana, Princess of Wales, showed no physical signs of pregnancy, the pathologist who examined her said today.

Diana, Princess of Wales was so agitated as doctors treated her in the wreck of her car that she tore out a drip they tried to insert, her inquest heard today.

At least some of the paparazzi who pursued Diana, Princess of Wales, to the scene of her death made statements that were "patently dishonest and misleading," the High Court was told today.

A jury heard today of the dramatic moment doctors took the decision to give up the battle to save Diana, Princess of Wales's life.

The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, faced double uncertainty tonight after a legal challenge reignited the row over paparazzi witnesses and strikes in France threatened to cripple proceedings.

The coroner in the Diana, Princess of Wales, inquest today vowed to "leave no stone unturned" in his efforts to have the paparazzi who pursued her to the scene of her death give evidence.

A paparazzo rang a British newspaper from the tunnel where Diana, Princess of Wales’s Mercedes crashed to offer exclusive pictures for £300,000 (€430,000), her inquest heard today.

Two witnesses who saw a white Fiat Uno emerging from the Paris tunnel where Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed today picked out the same possible driver from a line-up of pictures.

Two brothers rushed to help Diana, Princess of Wales immediately after the crash which took her life, the inquest into her death heard today.

A "blocking vehicle" was trying to slow down Diana, Princess of Wales' speeding Mercedes so paparazzi could take pictures of it as it entered the Pont de l'Alma underpass, her inquest heard.

One of the paparazzi who arrived at the wreckage of Diana, Princess of Wales’ Mercedes minutes after it crashed shouted to another “she’s dead, hurry up”, her inquest heard today.

A motorist told today how she was overtaken by a speeding motorcyclist heading for the tunnel where Diana, Princess of Wales’s Mercedes crashed moments later.

A motorcycle following close behind Diana, Princess of Wales’s Mercedes swerved to avoid the car as it crashed in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel, her inquest heard today.

The coroner in the inquest into the death of Princess Diana has urged British broadcaster Channel 4 to hand over all footage acquired for their programme 'Diana: Witness in the Tunnel' - because it could provide vital new evidence about the royal's demise.

A paparazzi photographer was seen fighting next to the wrecked car in which Diana, Princess of Wales was dying, a witness said today.