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| MI6 'did not keep files on Diana' | MI6 'did not keep files on Diana' |
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| MI6 were not keeping files on Princess Diana or Dodi Al Fayed, the inquest into their deaths has heard. | MI6 were not keeping files on Princess Diana or Dodi Al Fayed, the inquest into their deaths has heard. |
| A female MI6 manager, named only as Miss X, told the High Court that searches she made of an electronic database found no information on them. | A female MI6 manager, named only as Miss X, told the High Court that searches she made of an electronic database found no information on them. |
| The hearing has been cleared of all those not directly involved, in order to protect the identity of the witness. | The hearing has been cleared of all those not directly involved, in order to protect the identity of the witness. |
| Last week the former head of MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, denied the intelligence service murdered Diana. | Last week the former head of MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, denied the intelligence service murdered Diana. |
| Journalists and members of the public were moved to a nearby annexe so they could hear the witness's voice, but not see her. | |
| We do not go around killing people. It is simply not done 'Miss X'MI6 manager | |
| Miss X said the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) - known as MI6 - kept a card on Dodi Al Fayed's father, Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, but nothing more detailed than that. | Miss X said the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) - known as MI6 - kept a card on Dodi Al Fayed's father, Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, but nothing more detailed than that. |
| Ian Burnett QC, counsel for the coroner, asked Miss X about Diana and the princess's boyfriend Dodi: "No cards for either and no files for either?" | Ian Burnett QC, counsel for the coroner, asked Miss X about Diana and the princess's boyfriend Dodi: "No cards for either and no files for either?" |
| She replied: "Absolutely correct." | She replied: "Absolutely correct." |
| Mr Burnett asked: "If for the sake of argument there had been any plan at all involving Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed would that have been drawn up by your searches?" | Mr Burnett asked: "If for the sake of argument there had been any plan at all involving Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed would that have been drawn up by your searches?" |
| "Yes, there was absolutely no plan whatsoever," Miss X responded. | "Yes, there was absolutely no plan whatsoever," Miss X responded. |
| Mohamed Al Fayed claims the crash, in which Diana, Dodi and their driver Henri Paul died, was part of a murder plot by MI6 and the Duke of Edinburgh. | Mohamed Al Fayed claims the crash, in which Diana, Dodi and their driver Henri Paul died, was part of a murder plot by MI6 and the Duke of Edinburgh. |
| Mystery car | |
| Miss X searched the files as part of former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Stevens' investigation into the deaths, named Operation Paget. | |
| Asked about any references to the duke, she told the inquest: "I would just like to say at this stage, sir, we don't hold one, either files or cards on the Royal Family. I could do a search on all of them." | |
| Miss X said she had found a card on Mohamed Al Fayed which had been created in the 1980s, but there were no entries for 1997. | |
| She checked for photographer James Andanson - believed by Mr Al Fayed to be the driver of a mystery Fiat Uno linked to the crash - but he was not found on the system. | |
| There was also no record of the security services using a Fiat Uno in Paris, the jury was told. | |
| Assassination plot | |
| Two messages on the SIS's electronic telegram system related to the crash, but they were dated 5 November 1997, after the incident. | |
| Miss X suggested a plan claimed by former British spy Richard Tomlinson to assassinate a Balkan leader in the early 1990s was in fact a memo that had been rejected before it could be documented. | |
| Michael Mansfield QC, representing Mr Al Fayed, suggested the memo had gone to the head of a different department, outside the Balkans section at MI6. | |
| Miss X was asked whether there was MI6 guidance on when force or threat of force would be acceptable. | |
| She replied: "We do not go around killing people. It is simply not done." | |
| The hearing continues. | The hearing continues. |