Probe head is an old hand

COMMANDER David Armond, the man leading the police probe into Diana’s death, has been charged with a wide range of tasks during his 28 years with the British Metropolitan police.

Working in the Serious Crime Group, he has helped convict paedophiles, tackle the rise in credit card fraud and fight London’s billion pound black market in endangered animals.

He is also a member of the Met’s anti-terrorist branch, in the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear command team, which was developed in response to the Tokyo Sarin gas attack.