Word: inquest
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...least some in the Diana industry think it will get a boost this year from more than the anniversary of the car crash in a Paris tunnel. After years of delays, the inquest into her death is starting up in London - and the press finally will have something new to say. "The real interest now is the story of the conspiracy," says Peter Hill, editor of London newspaper the Daily Express. "There's an enormous number of people who simply do not believe that [Diana's death] was just an accident." For whatever reason - nostalgia, loyalty, morbid curiosity - readers...
...because the New York City Council’s action was a resolution and not binding law. Freedom of speech does not only apply to righteous citizens or noble speech for good reason—if we ban one offensive word, what’s to stop a wholesale inquest into our entire language...
...According to Mansfield, the "starting point" would be Al Fayed's testimony that Diana told him she was afraid for her life. In addition, Mansfield wants the inquest to look into the rumor that Diana was pregnant when she died, why her body was embalmed and questions surrounding the blood samples taken from Henri Paul, the chauffeur who also died in the Paris crash, which showed him over the legal drinking limit. Mansfield also noted that letters sent from Prince Philip to Diana and from Diana to her former butler Paul Burrell would be key pieces of evidence...
...Earlier in the day, Al Fayed's lawyers asked that the inquest, which was scheduled to start in May, be postponed until Oct. 1. In a written request to Butler-Sloss, Al Fayed's legal team said their expert witnesses have a "phenomenal amount of work" which they couldn't start until after the results of the police investigation were released in December. The extra six months would be "a pebble on the beach" compared with the 10 years everyone has been waiting for an inquest, Mansfield said. But Butler-Sloss wasn't swayed. "I would be very...
...Butler-Sloss also denied Mansfield's request that the inquest be moved to another, larger venue to accommodate the crowds of lawyers, press and members of the public. The preliminary hearings will continue tomorrow and are expected to last several days as Butler-Sloss decides what will be included in the inquest and draws up a witness list. Already it looks like more than 30 witnesses will be testifying, including some via video-link from Paris. And if Al Fayed gets his way, both Prince Philip and Prince Charles could be taking the stand. Whatever happens, this is bound...