Princess Diana’s former protection officer came forward with some bold claims about the late princess’ death as a new controversy emerged.
The late Princess of Wales died in a tragic car crash in August 31, 1997, along with her boyfriend at the time, Dodi Al Fayed, as she was driven by her driver, Henri Paul, and bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, who was the only one to survive.
While there have been many conspiracy theories connecting Diana’s death to the royals, a former protection officer to Prince William, Prince Harry and the late Princess made some shocking claims about who may actually be responsible for the fatal car crash.
Ken Wharfe, who was in charge of security for Diana’s security for 15 years accused Mohamed Al Fayed and his team for being irresponsible.
“The most important point is what’s occurred recently in light of these allegations about Fayed and his pursuit of staff, was the fear he inherited in his staff, and this controlling attitude,” Wharfe told The Sun of Fayed, who recently has been accused to sexual abuse by hundreds of women.
“For me, this is exactly what happened in Paris in 1997,” he continued. “Fayed himself was controlling this whole affair, whole movement, of Diana and his son Dodi from his office in Park Lane.”
Wharfe also noted that Fayed's team of bodyguards had been in charge for just eight weeks when tragedy struck.
“You can't control a protection operation when you're not in the country,” he explained, adding that the team was so “fearful” of angering Fayed by recommending something he didn’t agree with.
The security expert suggested that the whole accident could have been prevented by one thing and it was by Henri Paul as he was “the cause of the accident,” but the team couldn’t say that.
“They couldn't do that, he had been a key member of the Fayed dynasty for 15, 16 years, he was much higher up that rung of authority than either Rees-Jones or Wingfield,” Wharfe pointed out.