Published for the first time: Coroner releases amazing pictures of Diana in the car that took her to her death
An astonishing sequence of pictures of the final minutes of Princess Diana’s life have emerged as the long-awaited inquest into her death finally opened today.The never-before-seen images, posted on an official website by coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker, includes the last known photograph of Diana alive and graphic scenes of the desperate fight to save her life.
More than ten years after her death in a high speed crash in Paris they bring back with startling clarity the fantastic efforts to keep Diana alive.
Last pictures: The unmistakeable blonde head of Diana seen between her bodyguard Trevor Rees Jones and chauffeur Henri Paul
The Mercedes roars away from the Ritz with Henri Paul, right, at the wheel and Dodi Fayed’s bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones in the passenger seat. In the rear, Princess Diana is looking back at the pursuing paparazzi
The moment of impact. After smashing into pillar 13 in the tunnel, the car cannons into the side wall. The lights of cars travelling in the opposite direction are visible. Witnesses say the Mercedes was doing between 60mph and 93mph
First on the scene is agency photographer Serge Arnal. The force of the crash is clear: the nearside of the Mercedes in which Dodi and Henri Paul had died instantly is crushed. The impact has disordered the exhaust system
By now rescue workers are gathering. It is some time after 12.30am. Inside the stricken Mercedes, the physician Dr Maillez is bent over the Princess’s body. He has already ascertained that Dodi and Paul are dead
More paparazzi have arrived. Hands in pockets to the side of the tunnel stand Serge Arnal and Fabrice Chassery, and in the foreground Serge Benamou. A shirt-sleeved fireman reaches into the wreckage of the Mercedes
The crashed car from the front. Inside the rear door Sebastian Dorzee, one of the two police officers who were first on the scene, leans over Diana. At the front in the white shirt is Dorzee’s partner, Lino Gagliardone
The crashed car from the front. Inside the rear door Sebastian Dorzee, one of the two police officers who were first on the scene, leans over Diana. At the front in the white shirt is Dorzee’s partner, Lino Gagliardone
Sources close to Mohamed Al Fayed, who claims his son and Diana were murdered in an Establishment plot, said the existence of the last picture of the couple surrounded in the front and the rear by photographers proved they were pursued to their death by the paparazzi.
They denied official claims that the picture had been taken seconds after the princess and her lover had left the Ritz Hotel and insisted it was snapped well into their journey.
According to the website, it will be updated daily throughout the inquest with exhibits - including photographs - that are shown to the jury.
It will also contain transcripts, official statements, and details of procedural decisions.
The full extent of the catastrophic crash is clear from this angle. Firemen have cut open the roof to free the Princess and Rees-Jones and remove the bodies of Henri Paul and Dodi Fayed
This image shows the sheer destructive power of the crash: a car barely recognisable, the shattered windscreen, deflated airbags and broken engine
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