In July 1981, Diana and Prince Charles of United Kingdom had their wedding of the century. According to statistics, one billion people around the world watched the event on television at the time.
But after marriage, Diana, who was supposed to be happy, was cheated on by Charles. Eventually, the two divorced, and Diana died in a bizarre car accident.
Many believe it was an assassination led by the United Kingdom royal family. Until 2016, an 80-year-old United Kingdom man spoke about his experience on his deathbed.
He told the outside world: "Diana did not die in a car accident, in fact, it was premeditated!" "What's going on?
On August 30, 1997, the night in Paris was still noisy. In front of the Ritz Hotel, a group of paparazzi reporters waited hungrily for their prey, Princess Diana.
A few months ago, she had just ended an unhappy marriage, leaving the United Kingdom royal family and regaining her freedom. Unexpectedly, because of the identity of the former princess, she will be stared at by millions of pairs of eyes when she falls in love.
Inside the hotel, Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi · Fayyad, anxiously debate how to escape the relentless group of reporters. They had just wanted to spend the night in peace.
Dodi shook Diana's hand and persuaded her to follow him out of the place, saying that he could escape from the limelight in an apartment in his father's city.
Diana agreed, as one of the most watched women in the world, she had long been used to this life of being chased, but at the moment, she just wanted to escape.
Henry · Paul, the hotel's deputy head of security, was instructed to escort the lovers away. They devised a plan: send a "decoy" van to leave through the front entrance to attract the attention of the paparazzi, and then Diana and Dodi would sneak away through the back door.
Just after midnight, the plan began to be executed. The "bait" car really attracted the attention of most reporters. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Diana and Dodi quickly got into the black Mercedes S280 parked at the back door.
Henry · Paul sat in the driver's seat, while Dodi's bodyguards Trevor · Reece Jones sat in the passenger seat.
The car slowly drove out the back door of the hotel, and Diana breathed a sigh of relief and leaned on Dodi's shoulder. However, this sense of relief only lasted for a few seconds. Several motorcycles suddenly burst out of the darkness, and the flashing lights came on again.
Henry · Paul cursed under his breath and slammed on the accelerator. The Mercedes rushed out like an arrow from a string, followed by the motorcycle.
The streets of Paris are receding rapidly in the night, and the atmosphere inside the car is becoming more and more tense. Diana gripped Dodi's hand tightly, her heart racing. She had experienced such a chase countless times, but this time, she felt an unease that she had never felt before.
Dodi yelled at Henry, wanting him to get rid of the difficult group as soon as possible. Henry · Paul said no problem and accelerated again. The pointer of the speedometer climbed and soon exceeded 100 km/h.
Just then, they came to the entrance to the tunnel near the Alma Bridge. The tunnel is dimly lit and the roads are slippery. Henry · Paul tried to control the steering wheel at high speed, but the car began to spin uncontrollably.
Trevor shouted in shock, but it was too late.
With a loud bang, the Mercedes crashed into the 13th pillar in the tunnel. The force of the impact sent the car spinning and crashing into the tunnel walls, the sound of metal twisting tingling everyone's eardrums.
It all happened so fast that Diana didn't even have time to scream. She felt a sharp pain, and then her consciousness began to blur. At the last moment before losing consciousness, she vaguely saw the flashing lights on again and the paparazzi had caught up.
The tunnel quickly descended into chaos. Henry · Paul died on the spot, and Dodi was stuck in a deformed body with weak signs of life. Trevor was injured but still conscious. Diana, on the other hand, was trapped in the back seat and was dying.
The paparazzi reporters who arrived first faced this scene, some tried to rescue, and some raised their cameras to keep filming. The flashing lights rise and fall in the dark tunnel, as if to freeze every detail of this tragedy forever.
The sirens of ambulances finally pierced the night sky. When paramedics arrived, Diana was still faintly conscious. She was carefully rescued from the twisted body and taken to the hospital. However, fate seems to have decided.
Over the next few hours, the doctors did everything they could to save Diana's life. But in the end, at 4 o'clock in the morning, the once glorious "people's princess" closed her eyes forever at the age of 36.
When the news broke, the whole world was shocked. People can't believe that the beautiful, kind, and charismatic Princess Diana lost her life in a ridiculous car accident.
The subsequent investigation revealed more heart-wrenching details. The driver, Henry · Paul, had excessive blood alcohol levels, which may have affected his judgment and reflexes.
And Diana and Dodi were not wearing seat belts, and this negligence claimed their precious lives in the high-speed impact.
The most ironic thing is that the paparazzi who chased them, those Diana had been trying to escape, instead became the first witnesses and "rescuers" at the scene of the accident.
Their footage captured Diana's final painful moments, and the photos were later made public in some media outlets, sparking huge controversy and moral condemnation.
But is that really the case? Why did this happen when the princess was dating her boyfriend?
The masses have speculated that the ghost of the United Kingdom royal family is still haunted, and in order to prevent Princess Diana from breaking the news that affects the reputation of the royal family, a "mistake" was deliberately planned.
Who would have thought that an old man many years later would seem to have solved this cross-century mystery.
In 2016, at the age of 80, Hopkins was lying in a hospital bed, his eyes flashing with unease and guilt.
"I must tell the truth," Hopkins said with difficulty, "about Princess Diana's death, not an accident. "
The nurse looked at the old man in surprise, not knowing how to react. Hopkins took a deep breath and continued to tell that he claimed to be an agent of United Kingdom intelligence who had been on a special assignment that night.
His voice trembled, "Prince Philip thinks Diana knows too much, and her hostility to the royal family could ruin the reputation of the entire family. We received a direct order - she must be stopped. "
Hopkins described how they orchestrated the "accident." They took control of Diana's vehicle in advance and arranged for a motorcycle to cause chaos in the back.
"Even the driver was our man," he said bitterly, "and we could have refused, but then we only thought about loyalty and mission." "
Tears welled up in the old man's eyes, and he witnessed the tragedy unfold with his own eyes. When he saw Diana trapped in the car, he felt intense guilt. But by then it was too late.
He has been tormented by this secret for years. He knew that speaking out could cause an uproar, but he couldn't go into the coffin with the secret. Diana deserves to be revealed.
With all that, Hopkins seemed to have relieved himself of the burden in his heart, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
His dying words sparked heated discussions on social media like a bombshell. Some believe that this is the key to finally revealing the truth, while others believe that it is just another rumor trying to gain attention.
Whatever the truth, Hopkins' confession once again draws attention to the doubts behind Princess Diana's tragic fate. It reminds us that in the game of power and profit, even the most beloved public figures can be victimized.
Resources:
The 20th anniversary of Diana's death, looking back at the tragic car accident - People's Daily Online 2017-09-01 07:04
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