'You Nazi b******s killed my Dodi'

A jury will decide on a series of extraordinary claims made by Mohamed Fayed about the deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi Fayed.

A sensational High Court ruling today means that Mr Fayed will "get his day in court" and put his allegations to 12 members of the public.

The decision prompted an outburst from the Harrods chairman in which he demanded that princes Philip and Charles be called to give evidence, adding: "This country is ruled by donkeys. They are gangsters and murderers and Nazi bastards who killed my son."

He said of the ruling, which overturns a decision by Lady Butler-Sloss who wanted to hear the inquest alone: "I am very happy. It means we have got an ordinary jury."

A £4 million report last year concluded the 1997 car crash was caused by chauffeur Henri Paul being drunk and driving too fast through a Paris underpass while pursued by paparazzi.

But Mr Fayed maintains the couple were murdered as part of plot by the Establishment worried that Diana was going to have a Muslim child with Dodi. He has specifically singled out Prince Philip.

In emotional scenes outside the High Court, Mr Fayed accused Mr Paul, who was also killed in the crash, of working for MI6.

He also said Tony Blair was aware that Diana, 36, and Dodi, 42, were murdered. He said: "I want Charles and Philip together in the court. These are the people who ordered the murder.

"I am certain when we see all the evidence and all the proof their (the jury's) judgment will come definitely and approve my belief.

"How can this happen in a great country? Our politicians are like zombies. Tony Blair himself knows what happened to Diana and my son."

The inquest could start in May. It could pave the way for further curbs on sections of the media, including a possible privacy law to curb the activities of paparazzi.

The decision will be a further blow for the royal family who had hoped the conspiracy theories would die down following December's report by former Met chief Lord Stevens which said the crash was simply a tragic accident.

During the hearing of Mr Fayed's application, the judges were told there was an "eerie similarity" between the paparazzi pursuit of the Princess and their recent "hounding" of her son Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton.

The judges said: "It is likely that there will be a recurrence of the type of event in which the paparazzi on wheels pursued the princess and Dodi al Fayed."

They were shown letters by former prime minister John Major and Press Complaints Commission chairman Sir Christopher Meyer voicing their concerns over the media harassment faced by Miss Middleton.

In their statement, the High Court judges said the letters "drew attention to the dangers of such behaviour and called for new sanctions against the paparazzi".

The High Court statement added: "It is not only members of the royal family and their friends who receive this unwelcome attention. Any celebrity is vulnerable. Not only is the safety of the person pursued potentially put at risk but there may well be a risk to bystanders.

"In our view, occurrences such as this are prejudicial to the safety of a section of the public."

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