Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed said he was “delighted” after French authorities were criticised over the investigation into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and his son Dodi.

French authorities were criticised for “unnecessary delays” in the investigation into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

RELEGATION battles can be decided by many things. An ill-timed muscle tweak, a shot that kisses the post rather than embracing the net or a linesman's errant flag have all proved decisive in recent years. But never can the difference have been made by a pep-talk from an Egyptian septuagenarian who counts calling the Duke of Edinburgh “a Nazi” as one of his less outrageous remarks.

Princes William and Harry are hoping today that the long-awaited conclusion of the inquest into their mother’s death will put an end to speculation she was murdered.

THE inquest into the death of Princess Diana returned a verdict of unlawful killing last night, blaming the driving of chauffeur Henri Paul and paparazzi photographers pursuing her car.

The jury in the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest today returned a verdict of unlawful killing through negligent driving of both the Mercedes and the following vehicles.

The Diana, Princess of Wales inquest jury began deliberating for its third day today.

The jury in the inquest of Diana, Princess of Wales must consider whether Henri Paul’s colleagues have “closed ranks” to try to dismiss suggestions that he drove drunk on the night of the crash.

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

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.

TONY Blair, the man who dubbed Diana the “People’s Princess”, was today accused of being part of an alleged conspiracy to murder her.

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

MOHAMED al Fayed’s controversial theories about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, came under fire yesterday.

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”.

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.

The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, might have been prevented had Mohamed al Fayed heeded pleas for more security, a key inquest witness suggested 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.

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.

The Attorney General chose tonight not to step in to curtail a BBC discussion on whether the Diana inquest is a waste of time.

The Diana, Princess of Wales' coroner tonight referred a planned debate on the case on the BBC’s 'Newsnight' programme to the UK's Attorney General.

Diana, Princess of Wales’s romance with Dodi Fayed appeared to have “peaked” days before the couple’s deaths, her former butler claimed today.

FULHAM chairman Mohamed Al Fayed begins his search for a new manager this week knowing it is vital he finds a man to bring stability to west London.

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 yesterday.

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.

Evidence that Diana, Princess of Wales’s driver had been drinking is not necessarily “relevant” to the cause of the crash which killed her, an expert claimed 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.

The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her lover Dodi Fayed finally got under way today.

Lawyers for Mohamed al Fayed today launched a bid to involve the Queen in the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest.

Mohamed al Fayed was challenged today to produce evidence to back up his claims that his son Dodi and Diana, Princess of Wales, died as the result of a plot involving the royal family.

THE decision that Baroness Butler-Sloss should sit as coroner and preside over the inquests into the deaths of Dodi Fayed and Diana, Princess of Wales, was condemned as “fatally flawed” by a QC at the High Court yesterday.

The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales will not be heard by a jury, it was announced today.

With the publication of Lord Stevens’ report into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, out this week, speculation has been rife about what revelations it may contain.

Princess Diana was not pregnant when she died in a 1997 car crash, according to the manager of a London mortuary where her post-mortem examination took place.

A Paris appeals court fined three photographers €1 each for invasion of privacy for taking pictures of Britain's Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed the night of their fatal 1997 car crash, officials said today.

A Paris appeals court today upheld the acquittals of three photographers accused of invasion of privacy after they took pictures of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed at the scene of their deadly crash.

Fulham hope to be able to put the finishing touches to new contracts for manager Chris Coleman and his assistant Steve Kean before their final Premiership match of the season against Bolton on Saturday.

THE family of the Princess of Wales was “shocked and sickened” last night after images of a dying Diana were broadcast on American television.

CHRIS Coleman is getting the best care available courtesy of Mohammed Fayed’s personal physician after being rushed into hospital yesterday.