Camille Gottlieb is taking after her late grandmother Princess Grace Kelly in more ways than one. She was still very much a royal. After 1998, it was theorised that there was an orchestrated criminal conspiracy surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. He told me, ‘It’s not the same law as in France, don’t go there…don’t go there (to England)’.”When questioned via a translator about his father’s claim that his white Fiat Uno was repainted red, he added: “The police report – they know why I repainted it. Howard said. "I was taken to help. © ¡HOLA! Back. "On the night in question, Le Van Thanh left work early and, according to witnesses, was in the tunnel. Colin also spoke fondly about his working relationship with Diana, but stressed that there "was a line" owing to her royal status.
You can unsubscribe at any time.Princess Diana tragically died in a car-crash in Paris in 1997Diana's bodyguard at the time, Trevor Rees Jones was badly hurt but survivedLe Van Thanh was a 22-year-old taxi driver at the time of Diana's death and owned a white Fiat Uno identical to the car that struck the Princess of Wales' MercedesThe wreckage of Princess Diana's Mercedes following the crash
"You don't cross that line," he said. "There had been speculation that the driver of the vehicle was a paparazzo - but witnesses have identified a French national by the name of Le Van Thanh as the driver of that Fiat Uno. I went to the hospital and arrived and there was lots of people about," he explained. "His words were telling. I never had a cross word in two years." Why has he not spoken to authorities?" That was verifiable. In a world exclusive interview, Vietnamese-born Le Van Thanh spoke for the first time about claims it was his white Fiat Uno that struck Diana’s Mercedes. He emerged from a merging lane into a collision with Princess Diana's Mercedes, which sent the Mercedes careering into the 13th pylon inside that Paris tunnel. Lord Stevens, who oversaw the inquiry, asked Le Van Thanh twice to answer questions, and he won't. Princess Diana… Talk us through what happened’.“We don’t blame him for the accident. In 1999, a French investigation concluded that Diana died as the result of an accident. Several times they told me they would come back.“Because eventually they told me, ‘Yes, they will come’. The Mercedes obviously did hit the Fiat.“Whether that was an accident by the driver driving too fast into the tunnel or whether the Fiat Uno was in the wrong lane, I can’t take it beyond that.”Former BBC royal correspondent Michael Cole said the interview with Van Thanh should be passed to British and French authorities as part of a formal request to reopen the Diana inquest.He added: “As a matter of urgency, this information should be conveyed to an officer of the court.”When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. "Former Victorian homicide detective Colin McLaren and I travelled to Paris about six weeks ago and spoke to Le Van Thanh for the very first time, and we asked him that question - and he said law enforcement authorities told him not to speak about what took place that night. Le Van Thanh was just at the wrong place at the wrong time - and for 22 years, he's been living with this nightmare. "I went to get some fans to cool the room down. Princess Diana's driver Colin Tebbutt speaks out for the first time about the Paris car crash. "So for the very first time, we've been able to provide a definitive account of what really took place, based on forensic analysis of the car accident scene, investigative reporting, and these new words from Le Van Thanh, which do give cause for the reopening of the investigation. We are still trying to interview him.”The team of journalists who spoke to Van Thanh this summer produced a podcast, Diana: Case Solved and a book of the same name, which is out now.Van Thanh’s new claim that French police ordered him not to cooperate has sparked calls for the investigation into Diana’s death to be reopened.Michael Mansfield QC, who represented Dodi’s father Mohamed Al-Fayed at Diana’s inquest, said: “There is a real question mark here because the French authorities were particularly anxious to ensure that it was blamed to the paparazzi.“He (Le Van Thanh) had the car resprayed. "He says he has no reason to - which begs the question, is there a conspiracy of silence, and if there is, why? In the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died in hospital after being injured in a motor vehicle accident in a road tunnel in Paris. Her partner, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140, Henri Paul, were pronounced dead at the scene.Their bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived with serious injuries. Colin also spoke about the moment he arrived at the Paris hospital, where the Princess's body had been taken following the crash. That worried me because there were no curtains, so I got some blankets along the windows which made it hotter in the room. ""Le Van Thanh has not spoken for 22 years. Don’t go there’. It's the royal mystery that has spawned countless conspiracy theories.Now, there are calls for a new inquiry into Princess Diana's tragic death after explosive details have emerged about what really happened 22 years ago in Paris.Investigative journalist Dylan Howard and former Australian detective Colin McLaren have penned a new book - It features an interview with an eyewitness who was reportedly driving a white Fiat Uno that clipped Princess Diana's car before the fatal crash.That eyewitness was Le Van Thanh, who says he's been ordered to stay silent until now - and has always refused to be interviewed by Lord Stephens, who headed up Operation Paget - the inquest into Diana and Dodi's death. Princess Diana's driver Colin Tebbutt spoke about her fatal car crash on Good Morning Britain. NIGERIA - JUNE 3: (FILE PHOTO) (PRINCESS DIANA RETROSPECTIVE 17 OF 22) The Princess of Wales speaks with Nigerians circa 1990 during a visit to Nigeria. EXCLUSIVE: Vietnamese-born Le Van Thanh speaks out for the first time regarding the death of Princess DianaThe Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular!