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| Al Fayed in new Diana legal fight | Al Fayed in new Diana legal fight |
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| Mohammed Al Fayed is taking legal action in France against a former Metropolitan Police commissioner. | |
| The Harrods boss claims Lord Condon deliberately withheld evidence from the French inquiry into the 1997 deaths of the Princess of Wales and his son Dodi. | |
| He believes that Diana's claims of a conspiracy to kill her, made two years before her death, should have formed part of Lord Condon's evidence. | He believes that Diana's claims of a conspiracy to kill her, made two years before her death, should have formed part of Lord Condon's evidence. |
| But Lord Condon said he co-operated fully with the investigation in Paris. | But Lord Condon said he co-operated fully with the investigation in Paris. |
| Another former senior police officer, Sir David Veness, has also been accused. | Another former senior police officer, Sir David Veness, has also been accused. |
| 'Tragic accident' | 'Tragic accident' |
| In 1995, Diana told her lawyers she believed there was a conspiracy to "put aside" her and Camilla Parker Bowles either in an accident or by other means. | In 1995, Diana told her lawyers she believed there was a conspiracy to "put aside" her and Camilla Parker Bowles either in an accident or by other means. |
| Three weeks after she died, Lord Condon, then the Met Police Commissioner, learned about the Princess's concerns. | Three weeks after she died, Lord Condon, then the Met Police Commissioner, learned about the Princess's concerns. |
| His view then was that the facts showed Diana had died in a tragic accident, but he would review the evidence if her death was ever regarded as suspicious. | His view then was that the facts showed Diana had died in a tragic accident, but he would review the evidence if her death was ever regarded as suspicious. |
| Mr Al Fayed alleges Lord Condon should never have concealed potentially relevant information from the French. | Mr Al Fayed alleges Lord Condon should never have concealed potentially relevant information from the French. |
| His son, Dodi, also died in the road crash in Paris in August 1997. | His son, Dodi, also died in the road crash in Paris in August 1997. |