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The “official” letter, obtained by the Daily Express, was written by the French surgeon who carried out the post-mortem on the Princess hours after she was killed in a Paris car crash 10 years ago.
It forms the focus of a new book by top French investigative journalist Chris Lafaille and is certain to provoke renewed debate on the royal pregnancy mystery.
Lafaille, a former editor-in-chief of respected weekly magazine Paris Match, said he uncovered the document after scouring archives of the Pitie-Saltpetriere Hospital where the dying Princess was taken on the night of August 31.
The document – saying she was nine to 10 weeks preganant – was sent to three senior French figures, the then minister of the interior Jean-Pierre Chevenement, with copies to health minister Bernard Kouchner, foreign affairs minister Hubert Vedrine and Paris police chief Martine Monteil. Lafaille makes the astonishing claims in a new book called Diana, The Inquiry They Never Published. The revelations could strengthen widespread fears of an official cover-up over Diana’s death, helping to explain why the Princess was illegally embalmed so quickly after the crash. Document that Proves Diana Was Pregnant (more) By Padraic Flanagan and Ian Sparks in Paris
Mark Alexander
