Al-Fayed accepts inquest verdict to end decade-long struggle
Mohamed al-Fayed says he will accept Diana inquest verdict
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Wednesday, 09, Apr 2008 08:57
Mohamed al-Fayed has agreed he will accept the verdict of the inquest into the deaths of his son Dodi and Princess Diana in 1997.
In an interview with ITV1's News at Ten the Harrods owner, whose son was killed in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma underpass in Paris, said he will bring an end to his railings against the establishment over his conspiracy theories.
While he denied the verdict of the inquest has changed his views on what happened, Mr al-Fayed said he wanted to bring some kind of closure for himself, his family, the public at large and the two princes, William and Harry.
"Enough is enough," he said. "I am tired."
Mr al-Fayed said he is "leaving the rest for God to get my revenge" but vowed he would not continue to explore the legal avenues still available to him.
"I am a father who lost his son and I have done everything for ten years," he explained.
"Now, with this verdict, I am accepting it but with all the reservations which I have mentioned."
The jury in the inquest returned a verdict of unlawful killing by the paparazzi and the couple's chauffeur Henry Paul, who was found to have been drinking prior to the crash.
And Mr al-Fayed claimed the verdict, even though not going as far as he would have advocated, still gave him "great satisfaction".
"It has proved my point that my son and Princess Diana were murdered," he said.
Mr al-Fayed had claimed the Princess and Dodi were killed as a result of a conspiracy involving the secret services, and while this possibility was ruled out the verdict does represent a slight departure from the original declaration of accidental death.