Diana's driver 'not drunk'
Monday, 04 Feb 2008 20:36
It is alleged Diana's chauffer was drunk on the night she was killed
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The parents of Princess Diana's chauffer have claimed that he was not drunk on the night she was killed.
The couple, whose son Henri Paul was also killed in the accident appeared by video link today at the inquest into the deaths of Diana and her partner Dodi al-Fayed.
During the proceedings Jean and Giselle Paul were asked about reports that their son had been drunk at the time of the car crash, they replied "it was certainly wrong".
The chauffeur's parents also claimed that they had requested an independent blood test to prove the allegations false but that they were refused.
"They were always refused," the couple said answering a question over the requests.
Searches of their son's flat in Paris, after the crash, by French police were apparently undertaken without notification as well.
"We were not notified. Nobody never notified us," they said.
Regarding suggestions that Henri Paul was working for the British security services the couple again denied the accusation claiming it was "totally wrong".
The inquest continues.