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Al Fayed blasts bishop's plea for Diana peace
Updated: 2007-09-02 14:46
Children inspect floral tributes to Princess Diana outside the gates of
Kensington palace, 31 August. [AFP]
LONDON (AFP) - Mohamed Al Fayed has lashed out at a senior bishop's plea
for the wrangling over Diana, princess of Wales' memory to cease, a
newspaper reported Sunday.
Al Fayed, the father of Diana's boyfriend Dodi Fayed, who was also killed
by a tragic 1997 car crash in Paris, took a swipe at Richard Chartres,
the bishop of London.
The Egyptian tycoon branded Chartres a "stuffed shirt" in an indication
that next month's inquest -- which Al Fayed is heavily involved in --
will be a bitter affair, The Sunday Times reported.
"Let it end here," Chartres urged the congregation at Friday's memorial
service for Diana -- to which Al Fayed was not invited -- which marked 10
years since the fatal crash which took her life at the age of 36.
Her sons Princes William, now 25, and Harry, 22, both spoke, with the
younger royal delivering a touching speech about his mother.
"Prince Harry had the grace to acknowledge the suffering of other
families who lost someone that night," Al Fayed said in a statement.
"This stuffed shirt of a clergyman should take lessons from the
22-year-old prince in how to behave. He certainly shouldn't have hijacked
a memorial service dedicated to Diana, princess of Wales, to let us know
various of his personal opinions -- for that's all they were.
"He preached at us to let her memory rest, but how can that happen when
the truth is still being covered up? As a religious man the bishop has no
right to interfere in the court process which will establish what
happened that night."
Last year, a report from Lord John Stevens, former head of London's
Metropolitan Police, ruled out any conspiracy and said that the crash,
which also killed the car's driver Henri Paul, was a "tragic accident."
Al Fayed alleges Diana and his eldest son were killed in an establishment
plot concocted by senior royals.
The owner of the giant London emporium Harrods said he could not
understand why Chartres, an executor of Diana's will, seemed to want to
sideline his enduring quest.
"Anyone who loses a child in such a horrific way should be allowed to
know what really happened and I am not resting until I uncover the
murderers who took the lives of two beautiful people," Al Fayed said.
"A poll today says 89 percent of people think their deaths were not an
accident. I get hundreds of letters of support each week. We need
justice, for my family's sake, and for the sake of the princes."
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