July 25, 2026
Why are Princess Diana's Death Files Sealed Until 2082?
New reports revisit sealed French files, MI6 conspiracy claims, Diana’s landmine work, spiritual rituals at Kensington Palace, and newly surfaced letters from the young princess.
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Calarogu Shark Media, Yeah Low, Welcome to Palace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. Nearly three decades after the
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death of Princess Diana, a new report is drawing attention
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two thousands of pages of French investigative records that remain
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sealed from public view. According to Radar Online, the case file,
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compiled by French investigators following the nineteen ninety seven Paris crash,
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will remain closed until at least twenty eighty two under
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French archive laws. The publication says the dossier contains approximately
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six thousand documents gathered during an eighteen month investigation that
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concluded in two thousand and seven. French authorities have confirmed
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that the records are held in the archives of the
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Paris Court of Appeal and are not currently available for
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public inspection. According to Radar Online, a spokesman for the
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court said the investigation file is placed in the archives
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of the Paris Court of Appeal in application of Article
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L two thirteen Dash two of the Heritage Code. It
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cannot be consulted before the expiration of a period of
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seventy five years. The report claims the file includes witness statements,
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toxicology reports, crash scene photographs and other evidence collected by
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French police. One unnamed source quoted by the publication argued
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this secrecy stinks of a cover up and conspiracy at
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the highest level. In this typical of French bureaucracy. Another
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legal source claimed sealing the documents until long after everyone
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involved is gone only deepens the sense that the full
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truth is being pushed out of reach. The article also
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revisits a longstanding controversy from two thousand and seven, when
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lawyer Jean Louis Pelletier said he was initially told the
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investigation files could not be located. When I went into
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the court to ask to see the files, I was
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told they weren't there, he said. I know files go
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missing from time to time, but bearing in mind the
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size and importance of this particular one, it is extraordinary.
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Former MI six officer Richard Tomlinson claims Diana's chauffeur, On Repaul,
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disappeared for a period before collecting Diana and Dodi Fayed
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from the Ritz hotel. Tomlinson said, despite thorough police inquiries
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on Repaul's whereabouts for an hour have not been accounted for.
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I suspect that he was having a drink with his
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MI six handler, as a large sum of money was
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found on his body later that evening. I am convinced
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that there is information in MI six files that would
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be useful to the inquiry into Diana's death. The former
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intelligence officer also claims that MI six possessed plans to
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cause fatal car crashes using a high intensity strobe light.
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What later struck me about the deaths of Diana and
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Dody was the claims about how they had died mimicked
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what was in a so called WI file document. On
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Repaul could have been blinded as he drove through the
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Paris Underpass by a high powered flashlight. Official investigations in
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both France and the UK concluded that the crash was
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caused by on Repoul's grossly negligent driving while under the
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influence of alcohol, combined with the pursuit by paparazzi photographers.
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Those investigations found no evidence that six, the royal family
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or the British government played any role in Diana's death.
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Actor Keith Allen, the father of singer Lily Allen, believed
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Diana was killed because of her humanitarian work to ban
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anti personal land mines. Allan made the claims while discussing
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his twenty eleven documentary Unlawful Killing, a film that explored
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conspiracy theories surrounding Diana's death. Alan said, people think it's
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something to do with the royal family loathing Diana and
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her taking revenge on them by a Muslim and being
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apparently pregnant. It's obfuscation. In fact, what people tend to
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forget is that she had become a spokesperson and focal
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point for banning land mines. There was so much money
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involved in the manufacture of land mines, I would say
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Diana was murdered. Radar Online also shared the tale of
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Diana becoming a white witch, making a series of dramatic
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claims about ritual she is said to have practiced before
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her death. According to Radar Online, Diana developed the fascination
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with psychics, mediums, and spiritual health will during the final
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years of her life, with the publication relying heavily on
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claims from Simone Simmons, who has long described herself as
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one of the princess's close spiritual advisors. Simmons told the
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publication that she and Diana carried out ceremonies in the
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gardens of Kensington Palace in which objects believed to carry
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negative energy were buried. Simmons claimed anyone who dug around
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that area would be really surprised about what they would
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find buried there. Diana got into burying items in the
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ground as part of a cleansing ritual. We would bury
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items she thought had a bad or evil energy. Conductor
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ceremony in Diana believed the items emerged cleansed and with
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a better energy. According to Simmons, one of the objects
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Dinna buried was a collection of gemstones that had been
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given to her as a gift. The report also revisits
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a well documented episode involving Diana's close friend Rosa Moncton,
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whose daughter Natalia was still born in nineteen ninety four.
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According to accounts previously shared by Moncton, Diana offered a
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quiet corner of the Kensington Palace gardens is a burial
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place for the baby, and took part at a private
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memorial service. Radar Online claims Diana later continued using the
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same area for what Simmons described as spiritual cleansing rituals
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more palasages. At the moment, childhood letters written by Diana
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recently headed to auction, offering a glimpse into her early
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months of married life and the optimism she felt after
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marrying the then Prince Charles. The letters, along with photographs
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from Diana's school days, are being sold by her former
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West Heath School classmate Katherine Hanbury through the auction house Goringers.
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Speaking to Fox News Digital, Hanbury recalled Diana as an
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ordinary teenager with hopes of building a happy family. She
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was completely hopeful, Anbury said she thought she'd met her
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prince and we all hope, don't we, when we get married,
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that we've found somebody were going to spend the rest
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of our lives with, have children with, and have a lovely,
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happy life. She wanted to build a family of her own.
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She had all of these aspirations. She was such a lovely,
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caring girl, and that was definitely what she wanted more
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than anything else, to have a family of her own,
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to be loved and cared for. Us. We all do. Really,
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I've had these letters and photos in my desk for
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the last forty five years or so. I'm not getting
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any younger, and I can't take them with me. I thought,
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now is the time to give somebody else the opportunity
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to have the pleasure and joy of looking at and
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reading them as they gave to me. Among the items
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is a letter Diana wrote during her honeymoon in nineteen
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eighty one. We had a blissful honeymoon with endless sun
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and luckily calm seas, Diana wrote. We are now up
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in Scotland until the end of October, which is a
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big treat for us. I ad our being outside all
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day and hate London. It's wonderful being married. I think
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it's safe to say that after two months. Reflecting on
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her new role within the royal family, Diana also wrote,
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it's a case of playing with grown ups. Hambury said
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the remark reflected Diana's youth at the time. She said,
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you have to remember she was so young. It was
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all a new playground for her. I imagined she was thinking,
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I'm married and now I'm a grown up. I need
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to start my family. Looking back on their school days together,
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Hanbury described Diana as warm, caring and remark down to earth.
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She was very gigly, very caring. She said, that's my
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memory of her, a young girl who was absolutely delightful.
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She also remembered Diana's love of ordinary domestic life. She
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loved all the domestic things. She loved tidy in people's rooms,
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organizing drawers and lockers. She loved the domestic side of life.
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She was the real deal. She never tried to be
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anyone or anything other than her reddle self. I don't
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think there will ever be anybody like her, and there
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you haven't. If you would like to email us our
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