UK Police dig fresh facts on Princess Diana's death
Sunday, August 18, 2013
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Police are investigating a
sensational claim that the SAS was involved in the death of
The allegation emerged at the second
court martial of Sergeant Danny Nightingale, who was found guilty of illegally
possessing a gun and ammunition.
It came in a letter to the elite
unit’s commanding officer by the parents-in-law of a special forces sniper,
known only as Soldier N, who was Sgt Nightingale’s former housemate and a key
witness for the prosecution.
The letter said Solider N boasted
the SAS “was behind Princess Diana’s death”.
The Ministry of Defence, the Royal
Military Police and the Service Prosecuting Authority have known of its
existence and the claim since it was sent in September 2011.
The seven-page hand-written letter –
a copy of which has been seen by the Sunday People – also makes allegations
over Soldier N’s behaviour towards his wife and her family following the
collapse of the couple’s marriage.
It is understood that the SAS passed
the letter to the Service Prosecuting Authority prior to the start of the Sgt
Nightingale trial.
All references to the paramilitary
force were removed by the SPA before it released the document to the court.
The letter says: “He (Soldier N) also told her (his wife) that it was the XXX who arranged Princess Diana’s death and that has been covered up.”
Scotland Yard said: “The
Metropolitan Police Service is scoping information that has recently been
received in relation to the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed
and assessing its relevance and credibility.
“The assessment will be carried out
by officers from the Specialist Crime and Operations command.”
The former Harrods owner Mohamed
Fayed has long maintained the car crash that killed Diana, his son Dodi – who
was her lover – and their driver Henri Paul in Paris on August 31, 1997, was a conspiracy
involving the British state.
A 2008 inquest
jury returned an unlawful killing verdict.
It was a tip-off from Soldier N’s
estranged wife that led to a Glock 17 pistol being found in Nightingale’s room
at a Hereford house the SAS colleagues shared.
Soldier N pleaded guilty to
possessing another Glock, a grenade and ammunition. He was sentenced to two
years in jail.
Nightingale, 38, from Crewe,
Cheshire, was sentenced to two years’ military detention, suspended for 12
months, after being found guilty at a retrial last month.
His initial 18-month sentence was
quashed after a campaign by wife Sally.
The MoD said: “This is a matter for
the civilian police authorities.”
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