Pursued by the snap pack... to the very end

DIANA was pursued by paparazzi from the moment her engagement to Prince Charles was revealed until her tragic death. A London inquest in 2008 found the antics of a ‘pack’ of French freelance photographers who chased her Mercedes on motorbikes was a contributory factor in the fatal accident – but the main cause was ‘grossly negligent driving’ by chauffeur Henri Paul. A key factor was that Diana, her friend Dodi Al Fayed and Paul were not wearing seatbelts. All three were killed, while seatbelted bodyguard Trevor ReesJones survived. Witnesses who arrived on the scene moments after the head-on collision with a concrete pillar recalled having to push through paparazzi to help the injured in the car.