The subject matter of Unlawful Killing is of course controversial. Its release, only three years after the inquest verdict of unlawful killing is guaranteed to have the conspiracy theorists excited. But as Allen says, “Unlawful Killing is not about a conspiracy before the crash, but a provable conspiracy after the crash.” A cover up conspiracy by the establishment including police chiefs, secret service, judges and newspaper editors.
Allen decided to raise the question of whether Diana was murdered after Michael Mansfield QC, one of Britain's most respected and long serving lawyers, "persuaded me that there were suspicious circumstances surrounding the crash, and signs of a cover-up by the authorities." The question of whether Diana was murdered was also asked by numerous journalists after her death. But as the inquest into Diana's death grew nearer those journalists and newspaper editors who were previously looking for answers, “suddenly fell into line, and started insisting that the inquest was a waste of time.” Allen, a much respected and well liked actor, comedian and filmmaker in the UK, although never one to shy away from controversy, approached every UK broadcaster to fund a television documentary on the subject but found all doors closed to him. In the end it was Mohamed Al Fayed, the father of Dodi, Diana’s lover who also died in the car crash, who ended up funding the entire film.
Just a few of the many points brought up in Unlawful Killing film include:
*Diana predicting her own death in a car accident in a lawyer’s note stating that her husband was planning, “an accident in my car, brake failure and serious head injury in order to make the path clear for him to marry”
*The royals were less than happy (an understatement) with Diana’s romance and possible marriage to Muslim Dodi Al Fayed
*Diana angered government ministers with her call for an international ban on landmines, which was out of step with government policy. Earl Howe the UK Junior Defence Minister called her a ‘loose cannon’ at the time
*All of the closed circuit television cameras in the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel where either not working or switched off the night of the fatal car crash in Paris
*Diana said herself that the establishment was not happy because she was trouble to them and she would not go quietly.
*Doubts raised over blood samples taken from the driver of the Mercedes, Henri Paul. A known teetotaler, Paul’s blood samples showed that he was legally drunk. But a report published in The Times stated that police expressed concerns that his blood sample was mixed up with another sample in the laboratory.
*No DNA tests were taken to prove that the blood sample actually belonged to Henri Paul
*A toxicologist claimed that blood tests proving the drunkenness of Paul were ‘biologically inexplicable”
*Over 100 important witnesses refused to appear or were not called to the official inquest
The conspiracy theories surrounding Diana’s death are never ending. The internet is awash with numerous theories including her murder at the hands of CIA and MI6 under orders from the British establishment. Allen is well aware of the problems that can come with conspiracy theories. Of the conspiracy theory frenzy out there surrounding Diana’s death he said that, “Unlawful Killing, was leaked on to YouTube and seized on by US conspiracy theorists, who immediately began claiming that the CIA had murdered Princess Diana, thereby allowing others to dismiss my documentary as mad.”
Until the film obtains a UK release it will be up to France and the US to watch and give a view. An open mind will be required to watch this film and take the facts to a conclusion. The inquest was closed with the verdict of an unlawful killing but it will now be up to the public to question whether that verdict was correct or a government cover up. This may all sound like an addition to a never ending conspiracy theory but as is mentioned in the film, “Presidents have been killed for less.”
