And just how much did this cost taxpayers...?

[Middleagedmotheroftwo]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/10521651/Princess-Diana-was-not-murdered-by-SAS-Met-Police-say.html

my first. Ironically.

It will have cost exactly as much as it might have cost to perform any complex investigation.
Far, far less, you might like to consider than the trial, multiple investigations and eventual quashing of the convictions of the Guilford four.
I could cite many other cases...

In my view it's money well spent. We are a society who want, go after and do our best (whatever the cost) to discover the complete truth. This, I think is worthwhile.

I certainly want to know whether the SAS are implicated in the death of a princess (or a bus driver). I want to know if state sponsored executions are taking place and I want to know whether or not my government is complicit in murder as a one off or as a routine venture.

Don't you ???

Mini, that is all well and good but when this country is on its knees with debt and people are starving on the streets, I know where my priorities lie.

Quite frankly, one couldn't give a flying 4-X

Of course the SAS weren't involved, and there was no bloody conspiracy/goverment involvement. She was in a car being driven too fast by a man who was over the limit. Tragic accident. End of.

The perfectly competent French police already did an investigation.

Unfortunately, I doubt this will put an end to endless stupid conspiracy theories though.

that is all well and good but when this country is on its knees with debt and people are starving on the streets

and that is why we are giving billions in aid to countries that, honestly, do NOT need it, is it?

aaaaaaaaaaaaand hides thread.

That's a whole other issue Berry.

Giving foreign aid isnt just about giving funds to needy countries, there is also a diplomacy, political element to it (yup it's as cynical as that).

It just shows that decisions on how UK spends its money are often faulty and illogical.

Of course the SAS weren't involved, and there was no bloody conspiracy/goverment involvement. She was in a car being driven too fast by a man who was over the limit. Tragic accident. End of.

Well you should have let them know beforehand your expert knowledge could have saved them all that money

The French did let them know.

Or are we saying the French police are incompetent and not to be trusted?

No, we're saying that we wanted our own investigation, just in case anything was missed. I don't think that was too much to ask. If someone dies in unusual circumstances, I think our own investigation is to be expected, even if the extend of it is 'You guys got your investigation right, we don't need to do anything further'.

""Over privileged silly tart dies in car crash with Euro Trash boyfriend and drunk chauffeur""

In any other universe this would never have made page five...

And just how much did this cost taxpayers...?

Each?

Not a lot, I would guess. A small fraction of a penny?

Do you know? I want to know now.

It wasn't the SAS...it was Phil the Greek in the white uno. Everyone knows that.

MiniMonty - totally agree. Though would add "DIM, over priveledged..."

Why on earth would the SAS want to murder Diana? That's what I don't get.

talkie If someone dies in unusual circumstances..?

She died in a car crash caused by a drunk driver speeding. Tragically, an all-too-common scenario. Very little 'unusual' about it