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5 Myths Still Surrounding Princess Diana's Tragic Death

Allvipp Newsroom / April 25, 2025 - 02:30 pm

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Princess Diana

In 2003, the UK newspaper Mirror published a letter, which Lady Diana had given to her butler Paul Burrell in 1996...

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Paul Burrell

The letter reveals Princess Diana already suspected some sort of attack on her car. Ten months before Diana died in Paris, she supposedly wrote this in a personal letter meant for her Butler. The fact that the letter exists is absolutely indisputable! But there are doubts about Diana being the author of said letter.

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Princess Diana

The Mercedes, which Diana had the accident in, had paint on it from another car! The person who might have hit the Mercedes and his or her car could never be identified, but there were and still are a lot of rumors about who that person was…

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Pinterest Prince Philip, Prince William, Earl Spencer, Diana's brother, Prince Harry, and Prince Charles walk together behind the carriage carrying the casket of Princess Diana in London
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Prince Philip, Prince Harry and Prince Charles

There were speculations that the stains of paint might be from a paparazzo’s car. But the police have never been able to prove that assumption beyond reasonable doubt. The suspected paparazzo committed suicide a few years later. Maybe we will never know, if he was really involved in the crash.

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Princess Diana

During that fateful night of Diana’s death, a whole lot of things went terribly wrong. Allegedly, even the ambulance took way too long transporting the severely injured Diana to the closest hospital. According to professionals, the car’s speed was purposely low. The doctors gave those instructions in order to reduce the risks of further injuries.

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Princess Diana

The man behind the wheel of Diana’s Mercedes, Henri Paul, had a lot of alcohol and drugs in his system, according to blood samples. He can be seen on recordings that were made just a few moments before the terrible accident happened...

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Pinterest Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry and Earl Spencer at the funeral of Diana in  London
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Prince Charles, Prince William, and Prince Harry

Some people said that Henri Paul was not drunk at all. But by now, the fact that he was intoxicated at the time of the accident has been proven.

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Princess Diana's funeral

Due to the fact that Princess Diana’s body couldn't be kept in a common morgue, the legend emerged, the Princess was pregnant at the time of her untimely death.RELATED: Princess Diana (†36): Her Life In Pictures

Princess Diana (†36) died in a tragic accident on the 31st of August in 1997. Ever since, a lot of myths and secrets have surrounded her passing...

Princess Diana (†36): 5 Myths Still Surrounding Her Death 

The people's Princess is deeply missed even to this day. There have been speculations surrounding her death for years now.

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