Diana's driver was NOT a depressed alcoholic

Diana's driver was NOT a depressed alcoholic



Diana's driver was not a depressed alcoholic and had been given a clean bill of health just days before the fatal crash, according to his friends who allege he is the victim of a conspiracy.

Henri Paul, the acting head of security at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, was at the wheel of the Mercedes which crashed in the Alma Tunnel in the early hours of August 31, 1997 with Diana and Dodi Al Fayed in the back.

Henri's aviation medical certificate now appears to give the driver a clean bill of health and apparently contradicts claims he was an alcoholic.



'If Henri was an alcoholic and depressive how was this signed by a doctor just three days before he died?' says Henri's oldest friend Claude Garrec, according to the Sunday People.

Another of Henri's friends, Josy Duclos, who saw him on the night of the crash, says she never saw him drunk.

Garrec, who believes his friend is the victim of a conspiracy, added: 'There have been no answers even 20 years on. And one particularly strong memory for me was the message on a wreath at his funeral, "We are not fooled".'



Diana arrived in Paris on 30 August 1997 with Dodi Fayed after spending nine days together on his father Mohammed Al-Fayed's yacht in Sardinia.

The pair dined at the Ritz hotel and left after midnight to travel to an apartment in Rue Arsène Houssaye, just off the Champs Elysees.

Photographers pursued them into the Pont de l'Alma tunnel and driver Henri Paul, who was under the influence of alcohol and speeding, lost control of the Mercedes 280S while trying to outrun the press pack and careered into a support pillar.



Henri Paul and Dodi Fayed were killed instantly, but Diana was still alive and was removed from the wreckage.

She suffered a cardiac arrest and died in hospital several hours later. 

An inquest in 2008 found Diana and Dodi were unlawfully killed due to the 'gross negligence' of Mr Paul, who had been drinking. A lack of seatbelts also contributed to their deaths.

This is not the first time a conspiracy theory has been linked to Diana's death.

In 2013, the Met dismissed reports claiming SAS troops were behind the couple's death, ­insisting there was 'no credible evidence' of secret service involvement.