Princess Diana Inquest

Diana, Princess of Wales, and her companion Dodi Fayed, walk on a pontoon in the French Riviera resort of St Tropez in this Aug. 22, 1997, photo taken days before their deaths. Britain opened its first inquest into the deaths on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2004, more than six years after they were killed in a Paris car crash.

Police services prepare to take away the car in which Diana, Princess of Wales, Dodi Fayed, and their chauffer were killed in this Aug. 31, 1997, file photo in Paris. A British inquest into the deaths, opened on Jan. 6, 2004, is expected to take up to a year.

Police guard the entrace to the Queen Elizabeth II Hall, where the inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and boyfriend Dodi Fayed opened in London, Tuesday Jan. 6, 2004.

Former royal butler Paul Burrell stands outside his flower shop in Holt, England, Jan. 6, 2004. As the royal coroner launched the long-awaited probe into the car crash that killed into Diana and her boyfriend Dodi al-Fayed, the Daily Mirror reported that Diana believed Prince Charles, was plotting to kill her by staging a fatal car accident.

Mohamed al Fayed arrives at the Queen Elizabeth II Hall in central London Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, to attend the first formal British inquest into the 1997 deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and his son Dodi.

Coroner Michael Burgess poses for photographers prior to the start of the first formal British inquest into the 1997 deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed Tuesday Jan. 6, 2004, in central London.

Lady Sarah McCorquodale arrives at the Queen Elizabeth II Hall in central London Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, to attend the first formal British inquest into the 1997 deaths of her sister Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens is seen in this Aug. 14, 2003, file photo. Royal coroner Michael Burgess, signaling a broad probe, said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, that he had asked the commissioner to investigate whether conspiracy theories should be part of the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed.

Coroner Michael Burgess, center, is surrounded by media at the start of the first formal British inquest into the 1997 deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, in central London.