Peter Wright died in Australia in 1995, aged 78.
General acknowledgements regarding the full series are included in Part 1 and the final volume.
See Part 3.
Thoroughly covered in Part 4.
See the book: Cover-Up of a Royal Murder: Hundreds of Errors in the Paget Report.
Players involved in the assassinations or the cover-up.
The UK, US and France were involved – so it is unlikely justice will ever be achieved under their jurisdictions. The Baker inquest revealed that the UK judiciary is not independent of working on behalf of the rulers of the land – the Queen and the government – in a case such as this, where the stakes are so high. Cases in the ICJ are brought by nation states, but a state – such as Egypt. Pakistan or India – can bring a case on behalf of an individual. It is evident that this would be a special case, but the circumstances appear to be such that justice – which has been sought over the last 15 years – cannot be achieved in the courts of the countries that were involved in the assassinations and the ensuing cover-up. Relevant websites are: International Court of Justice: www.icj-cij.org ; International Criminal Court – ICC: www.icc-cpi.int
Possibly even if he hadn’t been a passenger in the Mercedes S280. Because of the significant amounts of time he had spent with Diana over the previous six weeks and their obvious deepening relationship (see Part 2) he could have been privy to information that no other witness was.
Diana survived the crash itself, but died as a result of her deliberate mistreatment in the ambulance.
This also is the case with Henri Paul, who would have been privy to a lot of retrospective knowledge regarding the assassination.
The situation regarding Trevor Rees-Jones, who survived both the crash and ambulance trip, will be addressed in Part 7.
A simpler search, “Diana inquest transcripts”, does not work. Also, this only works on Google, not Yahoo! The removal of the inquest website appears to be an attempt to cover up what has occurred by making it more difficult for members of the public to find the inquest transcripts. In this respect, it is significant that the RCJ failed to provide a redirection to the National Archives site – and despite repeated requests, still refuses to do so. It is also worth noting that the inquest transcripts can’t be found by using the National Archives search engine. This was the situation through much of 2011 and into early 2012, when this book was written. Should the reader have difficulty locating the website using the method recommended, the following links may work: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090607230718/http:/www.scottbaker-inquests.gov.uk/
or: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090607230252/http://www.scottbaker-inquests.gov.uk/ .
For those who still find themselves unable to locate the official inquest transcripts or wish to register a protest with the RCJ or the National Archives the phone numbers are: Royal Courts of Justice: +44 (0) 20 7947 6655; National Archives: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444.
Now at the National Archives site – see address above.
There are some additional “witnesses not heard” listed near the front of this volume.
Now at the National Archives – see address above.
Imperial College operates 5 hospitals in the area of West London, of which Charing Cross is one. Throughout this case the terms “Imperial College” and “Charing Cross Hospital” have been used interchangeably.
Of the additional 36 listed here, 31 have never been officially interviewed or heard from. When added to the Parts 1 to 4 lists of 121, this gives a new total of 152. 4 others had previously given official statements or reports which were not read out at the inquest. When added to the Parts 1 to 4 lists of 55, this gives a new total of 59. There is one other who had excerpts of their report or statement only read at the inquest but should have been cross-examined. When added to the Parts 1 to 4 lists of 40, this gives a new total of 41.
Paris Prefect of Police.
Alphabetic Order
Queen’s Counsel
Solicitor to the inquest
MI stands for Military Intelligence.
In March 2004 the British government outlined the close connection between Special Branch and the intelligence agencies, MI5 and MI6: “Special Branch exists primarily to acquire intelligence…. In particular, Special Branches assist the Security Service [MI5] in carrying out its statutory duties under the Security Service Act 1989 – namely the protection of national security…. Special Branch also supports the work of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) [MI6] in carrying out its statutory duties in support of national security….
“All intelligence about terrorism obtained by Special Branch is provided to the Security Service…. The Security Service sets the priorities for the gathering of counter terrorist and other national security intelligence by Special Branch….”: Guidelines on Special Branch Work in the United Kingdom, Home Office, Communication Directorate, March 2004, pp8-9.
Special Branch was closely involved in the actions by authorities to suppress the evidence relating to the MI6 involvement in the 1996 plot to assassinate Muammar Gaddafi – see later in Chapter 1.
In October 2006 Special Branch was merged with the Anti-Terrorist Branch forming Counter-Terrorism Command. According to the MPS website – in June 2011 – there are three commands under “Specialist Operations” – Protection, Counter-Terrorism and Security. “Intelligence” is one of four “strands” in the Counter-Terrorism Command. Sources: Sean O’Neill, Special Branch Absorbed into Counter-Terror Unit, The Times, 3 October 2006; www.met.police.uk/so/index.htm
SMUR and SAMU are effectively the same organisation.
After WWII the SOE was fused into MI6, becoming its Special Operations Branch.
Chaired by the Queen.
In Part 2.
Evidence in earlier volumes has revealed the coordinated involvement of several individuals who each fulfilled specific roles in the assassination and the initial cover-up – Henri Paul, Claude Roulet, James Andanson, Jean-Marc Martino, Arnaud Derossi. Dominique Lecomte, Gilbert Pépin, Jean Monceau. There were also unnamed players – the motorbike riders surrounding the Mercedes S280, the drivers of unidentified cars.
The primary focus is on MI6 – Britain’s foreign intelligence service – but issues regarding other intelligence agencies are also covered in this chapter.
MI6 would be used to carry out an assassination abroad – as happened with Diana. If there is a plan to assassinate a person in the UK, then it is more likely the domestic intelligence arm – MI5 – would be employed.