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Diana Probe Delayed
Aired January 06, 2004 - 07:42 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: From London earlier today, a British investigation into the deaths of Princess Diana and her former boyfriend did not get very far today. Immediately after it opened, the lead investigator adjourned that case until next year, 2005.
Paula Hancocks explains in London.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is the first inquiry on British soil into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and into Dodi Fayed's, her companion.
Now, the coroner to the Queen's household, Michael Burgess, opened the inquest just a little while ago and adjourned it as well. He said that it could be between 12 and 15 months before he resumes the inquest. He just wanted to lay down the rules of what an inquest, who he may be speaking to, and also how it would proceed. He said that he regrets any inconvenience it causes and any grief it could cause to members of the family as well.
Now, the reason it's been six years before this inquest has started here in Britain is because they had to wait until all legal processes had finished in France. Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi died in a car crash on August 31, 1997 in Paris, and those legal processes have to be completed before we could start over here.
Also, Mohammed al-Fayed, Dodi's father, arrived at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center here, where the inquest was adjourned a little earlier on today. He has been very vocal in his criticism of the royal family, and also starting some conspiracy theories into why his son and Diana, Princess of Wales, died.
So, now this afternoon the coroner will be going down to Surry, south England to open and adjourn the inquest into Dodi Fayed as well. It could take, he said, up to 12 to 15 months before the inquest actually begins.
Paula Hancocks, CNN, London
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HEMMER: Paula, thank you.
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Aired January 6, 2004 - 07:42 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: From London earlier today, a British investigation into the deaths of Princess Diana and her former boyfriend did not get very far today. Immediately after it opened, the lead investigator adjourned that case until next year, 2005.
Paula Hancocks explains in London.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is the first inquiry on British soil into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and into Dodi Fayed's, her companion.
Now, the coroner to the Queen's household, Michael Burgess, opened the inquest just a little while ago and adjourned it as well. He said that it could be between 12 and 15 months before he resumes the inquest. He just wanted to lay down the rules of what an inquest, who he may be speaking to, and also how it would proceed. He said that he regrets any inconvenience it causes and any grief it could cause to members of the family as well.
Now, the reason it's been six years before this inquest has started here in Britain is because they had to wait until all legal processes had finished in France. Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi died in a car crash on August 31, 1997 in Paris, and those legal processes have to be completed before we could start over here.
Also, Mohammed al-Fayed, Dodi's father, arrived at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center here, where the inquest was adjourned a little earlier on today. He has been very vocal in his criticism of the royal family, and also starting some conspiracy theories into why his son and Diana, Princess of Wales, died.
So, now this afternoon the coroner will be going down to Surry, south England to open and adjourn the inquest into Dodi Fayed as well. It could take, he said, up to 12 to 15 months before the inquest actually begins.
Paula Hancocks, CNN, London
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HEMMER: Paula, thank you.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
