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Sure, the press was out of control, abominable, with paparazzi's cameras relentlessly invading the private life of Princess Diana. But who are we to blame them when, after all, we are only too happy to pick up tabloids and magazines that print Di stories and photos? In the end, our own love of Diana killed her. MAYUKO MAY OBUCHI Tokyo...
...driven by Dodi's regular chauffeur Philippe Dourneau. The two-car convoy was dogged by paparazzi for much of the way but apparently managed to slip past them at some point. Paul turned off and delivered the baggage to Dodi's apartment near the Arc de Triomphe. Dourneau, with Di and Dodi in the rear, continued on, arriving around 3:45 at the Villa Windsor, the former home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, now leased by Dodi's father Mohammed. According to sources close to the investigation, Dourneau testified to police that Dodi congratulated him on losing...
Around 4 o'clock, the Mercedes, bearing Di and Dodi, would go to the Ritz, followed by Paul in the Range Rover. For the next three hours, Paul remained at the hotel, where, according to several employees, he had a couple of glasses of Ricard pastis at one of the hotel bars. At 7 p.m., Dourneau drove the couple from the Ritz to Dodi's apartment near the Arc de Triomphe. It was 7:05, and Paul considered himself off duty...
...pulling up in front of the Ritz. Though there was enough space there to park a couple of moving vans, Paul curiously executed several unnecessary back-and-forth maneuvers. It was then about 10:08. Exactly what he did during the more than two hours it took Di and Dodi to finish their meal is unclear. The French daily Liberation last week quoted an unnamed Ritz employee saying Paul cooled his heels in the hotel's Hemingway bar drinking pastis. When Paul got up to go, says the paper, he staggered and "knocked into a customer." The article also said...
...draft of the proposed global ban on land mines, leaving President Clinton stranded in a political minefield of his own. According to TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson, Clinton's unhappy dilemma is this: On the one hand, he would love to be seen signing a widely popular (and Princess Di-endorsed) pact and to avoid being lumped with such pariah states as China and Libya. On the other hand, he faces intense Pentagon hostility to the agreement...