| The Diana Investigation: What Lord Stevens Really Said |
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| Written by Joanne Leyland | |
| Monday, 30 January 2006 | |
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Page 1 of 2  Monday's Daily Express is leading with the stark and somewhat shocking front page headline: 'Diana: Why Did Spies Visit The Morgue: Flood of fresh evidence extends inquiry by a year'.The story follows on from the interview which was broadcast on British television on Sunday with Sir John Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police Chief who has been given the task of overseeing the investigation into the crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales, Dodi Al Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul. So much has been written (and, as you can see from the Express front page) continues to be written about what the former Police Chief said, I thought it might be worth offering those of you who couldn't watch the broadcast a full transcript of the interview. Despite the fact this aspect of the interview was given much coverage in the media, the topic of Diana's death actually came last, after the subjects of Identity Cards and the terror threat. 
INTERVIEWER: "Could I finally ask you, you're currently involved in an investigation into the origins of the death of Princess Diana, which must be really interesting as an investigation, but some would say a complete waste of time, there have been other such investigations, as you know. What's your reaction to that, that it's basically a waste of time?" LORD STEVENS: "Well it's certainly been worthwhile and I think it's right to say that some of the issues that have been raised by Mr Fayed have been right to be raised. We're pursuing those, it's a far more complex inquiry than any of us thought." "We've had a lot of co-operation from the French authorities, we have the car back in this country, which is being examined, and we're looking at a lot of other issues. We have new witnesses, we are re-examining other witnesses, and at the end of the day I think what people want is a thorough investigation, going where the evidence takes us and at the end of the day some answers to some of the questions that have been raised in national newspapers, and in other parts of the world. And that's the job I've been asked to do, and that's the job I'll do." |
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