US court revives Diana lawsuit

A Los Angeles state appeals court has revived part of a lawsuit brought by Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed that accuses a Beverly Hills lawyer of a $20m (£13m) scheme to sell false documents claiming Diana, Princess of Wales, was assassinated.

The 2nd District Court of Appeals said a lower court erred in throwing out the ‘‘unjust enrichment’’ claim in the 1999 lawsuit by billionaire Al Fayed, whose son Dodi was killed in the 1997 Paris car crash along with the Princess.