It's
been announced that the cost of the inquests into the deaths of Diana,
Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed rose by over £700,000 in the final
days before the jury returned its verdict at the beginning of April.
The inquest costs, as incurred between July 1st 2007 and April 30th 2008, now run to £4.41m.
The jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing following an exhaustive
six-month process at the Royal Courts of Justice in London which included evidence from more than 250 witnesses
and the coroner, jury and other interested parties travelling to Paris to track the final days of the
princess and her film producer boyfriend.
It was previously announced on April 12th
that the total cost of investigating the August 1997 car crash which
killed Diana, Dodi and their driver, Henri Paul, had reached a
staggering £12.5m.
This sum also included the £8m spent by the British taxpayer on the official
British police investigation into the crash, Operation Paget.
