Royal family faces renewed attention ahead of 30th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death
Royal family under scrutiny as Diana’s crash documents stay locked away
Royal family is once again drawing attention as France keeps Princess Diana’s crash files tightly sealed.
According to Radar Online, the 6,000-page report, completed in 2007 after an 18-month investigation into the 1997 car crash that killed Diana and Dodi Al Fayed, is locked away in Paris’ Palais de Justice.
They revealed that French law blocks public access to certain archives for 75 years, meaning the files will not be seen until at least 2082.
Speaking with the publication, critics said that keeping the documents secret only fuels conspiracy theories and suspicion as some believe they could reveal the full truth about the crash.
“The investigation file is placed in the archives of the Paris Court of Appeal,” said the Palais de Justice’s representative, declining to release the bombshell files.
“In application of article L213-2 of the heritage code, it cannot be consulted before the expiration of a period of 75 years.
“There is no online version of this archive.”
A source who has seen part of the file said the secrecy feels like a cover-up and only adds to public suspicion.
“This secrecy stinks of a cover up and conspiracy at the highest level, and is typical of French bureaucracy,” they said.
A legal source also echoed the same sentiments, saying, “Sealing the documents until long after everyone involved is gone only deepens the sense that the full truth is being pushed out of reach.”
“And many believe these files contain the definitive truth about the circumstances of Diana’s death.”