Coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker today authorised the Diana inquest jury to return a majority verdict.

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

The jury in the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest today continued its deliberations for a second day.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

PHOTOGRAPHER Romuald Rat yesterday refused to appear before the inquest of Diana, Princess of Wales, branding claims made against him there “a lie”.

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

THE man who embalmed Diana, Princess of Wales, yesterday said he regretted not waiting to get the official written go-ahead.

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.

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 PAPARAZZI who pursued Princess Diana to the scene of her death will not give evidence at her inquest, it was confirmed last night.

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.

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.

IRONICALLY, the brief stroll from the site of Princess Diana’s dazzling wedding to the inquest into her gruesome death takes you along Fleet Street — birthplace to the media obsession that consumed her life.

The jury in the Diana, Princess of Wales, inquest today retraced her final footsteps through the corridors of the Ritz hotel in Paris.

The jury in the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest travelled today to the notorious scene of her fatal car crash.

Diana, Princess of Wales, was on the contraceptive pill when she died, it emerged today.

A JURY yesterday began the long-awaited task of deciding whether Diana, Princess of Wales, was murdered in an establishment conspiracy.

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

FORMER Metropolitan Police commissioner, Lord Stevens, is to be quizzed in the Diana inquest over alleged “gross discrepancies” relating to whether the driver in the case was drunk.

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

BARONESS Butler-Sloss is to step down as coroner for the Princess Diana inquest, it was announced yesterday.

Graham Bradley today launched an appeal against a five-year ban from all racing activities for providing inside information to a gambling syndicate.

A High Court verdict on whether the British Government acted lawfully in refusing to hold a full public inquiry into last year’s foot-and-mouth disease epidemic is due to be delivered in London today.

A pro-life group in Britain today won the go-ahead for a High Court action aimed at stopping over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill to women over 16 without a doctor’s prescription.