Princess Diana, pictured in 1997, believed Mohamed Al Fayed was spying on her as she cruised the Mediterranean with his son Dodi, her sister said Monday at the inquest into her death.
(AFP/File/Jamal A. Wilson )LONDON (AFP) - Princess Diana believed Mohamed Al Fayed was spying on her as she cruised the Mediterranean with his son Dodi, her sister said Monday at the inquest into her death.
"Yes, she thought the boat was being bugged by Mr Al Fayed senior," Lady Sarah McCorquodale replied during questioning from Ian Burnett QC, for the coroner.
Lady Sarah said Diana telephoned her from the yacht, the Jonikal, days before the fatal Paris car crash in 1997 which killed the princess, Dodi Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul.
Diana's elder sister, Lady Sarah also said she thought the relationship with Dodi was already doomed.
"There had been an article in a French newspaper, Le Monde, about landmines," she added.
"(Diana) was very upset because she felt she had been misquoted and as a result had appeared to look like she was criticising the government. She was distraught."
Lady Sarah suggested that Diana speak to Dodi about the article only for the princess to reply "that would be a waste of time".
"From that, I just did not think that the relationship had much longer to go," Lady Sarah added.
Al Fayed claims that the couple were killed in a British establishment conspiracy to prevent Diana -- the former wife of Prince Charles, and mother of Princes William and Harry -- from marrying a Muslim.
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