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Report on Diana's death due out today

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published December 14, 2006

LONDON - A three-year police inquiry into the death of Princess Diana will issue its long-awaited report today amid hopes it would finally halt the speculation about her fatal Paris car crash in 1997.

John Stevens, former head of London's Metropolitan Police, led the investigation of the deaths of Diana, 36, and her companion, Dodi Fayed, 42. They were killed along with chauffeur Henri Paul when their Mercedes crashed in Pont d'Alma tunnel in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997, while they were being chased by photographers.

Diana's sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, were briefed on the report's findings Wednesday, a day before its release to the public, British media said.

Conspiracy theories continue to swirl around Diana's death, despite a French judge's 1999 ruling that the crash was an accident. An investigation later concluded that Paul had been drinking and was driving at high speed.

Stevens and the Metropolitan Police have refused to discuss the findings of his inquiry, although it is widely expected to conclude that Diana's death was an accident and that Paul was drunk.

But Stevens stoked the rumor mill in January when he said his investigation was "far more complex than any of us thought." He did not specify what he meant.

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