Princess Diana

West entrance to the Pont de l'Alma tunnel, Paris. Photo: Alexf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative only.

Status · Inquest concluded 2008

What happened

Diana, Princess of Wales died in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. The Metropolitan Police's Operation Paget reported in December 2006. On 7 April 2008 the inquest jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing, caused by the grossly negligent driving of the car's driver and of the following vehicles.

Written from the official records below. Links checked 08 Nov 2026.

Official record

Inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Mr Dodi Al Fayed
The National Archives (web archive) · published 07 Apr 2008

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Princess Diana Death Timeline: What the Inquest and Operation Paget Found
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