Was she or wasn't she...? killed by MI6, that is. Well here's what I think. Without going into whether it is beneath the Royal Family to scoop that low, or whether MI6 would have actually gone along with anything like this, I think we can agree that IF it was indeed a professional hit that it would have been carried-out by er... professional hit men.
Now I can't see a pro relying on a car accident as the murder weapon... firstly, the results of a car crash are pretty unpredictable. The proof is that the bodyguard, who was seating in the 'death seat', i.e. the seat where a passenger is most likely to die in a crash, survived. And the general opinion at the time was that had Diana and Dodi strapped-on their safety belts, they might have survived as well. So unless you put a bomb in a car or physically push it over a cliff, I can't how a professional MI6 assassin would leave so much to chance. Lethal injection with an umbrella yes, but car crash? I don't think so... (no doubt hotel21 is better informed than me regarding such matters).
Secondly, the method allegedly used is also one that leaves much to chance. Who can foresee with any degree of accuracy that nudging a 2-tonne Merc with a 800Kg Fiat Uno will produce a crash that will kill both rear occupants? It could have ended very differently.
Thirdly, we are told that the Merc was followed by a string of paparazzi on bikes and in cars. Again a pro would not take the chance of getting caught on film and would not do this in front of a crowd with long zoom cameras.
So as much as I am sympathetic with Mr. Fayed for the loss of his son, if we accept what he is suggesting we need to assume that this was a very sloppy and messy operation that succeeded by pure chance. And I rate the secret services in this country slightly higher than that...
Any thoughts on this?