Investigator Into Princess Diana’s Death Calls It ‘A Terrible, Tragic Accident’ In First TV Interview 25 Years Later

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The man who investigated Princess Diana’s death is shutting down conspiracy theories. For the first time ever, Former Metropolitan police Senior investigating officer David Douglas sat down for a TV interview with “Good Morning Britain”, nearly 25 years after the tragic crash. READ MORE: New Princess Diana Documentary Questions If Her Death Was An Accident “It’s my absolute total belief it was a terrible, tragic accident in which three people lost their lives and one other person had their life turned upside down,” Douglas said.

Douglas’ investigation into the death was launched in 2004 and the report was finally delivered and published publicly in 2006. “When you look at most incidents, accidents, you find there’s a chain of events, and if any one of those chain of events had been different, it might not have led to that happening,” he said in the interview. “For example, if they’d been wearing seatbelts, our experts tells us it was probably an 80% chance that they would have survived the accident.” He also talked about interviewing Prince Charles for the investigation, after a note that Diana wrote to her in 1995 was uncovered, reading, “My husband is planning ‘an accident’ in my car, brake failure and serious head injury.” READ MORE: Prince William, Prince Harry Remember Their Mother Princess Diana On What Would Have Been Her 61st Birthday “So it’s remarkable… but in actual fact, it was also unremarkable because it was a straightforward witness statement from someone who happened to be the Prince of Wales,” Douglas said. “When we went in — I’d never met him before obviously — I found him charming,” he continued. “He was very polite, friendly.