Operation Paget

Operation Paget was the Metropolitan Police inquiry established in 2004 to investigate the various conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales on 31 August 1997. Its first report with the findings of the criminal investigation was published in 2006. The inquiry was wound up following the conclusion of the British inquest two years later, in which a jury delivered its verdict of an "unlawful killing" by chauffeur Henri Paul and the pursuing paparazzi.

The criminal investigation in the United Kingdom was initiated on 6 January 2004 when the Coroner of the Queen's Household, Michael Burgess, asked the then Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir John Stevens (later Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington), to conduct enquiries into allegations of a cover-up and conspiracy: that MI6, under the orders of the Royal Family, deliberately caused the fatal car crash in Paris that killed Diana and Dodi. (See Death of Diana, Princess of Wales conspiracy theories.)

The investigation was legally necessary; once the inquest into the deaths got under way in the United Kingdom, it became apparent to the Coroner that allegations were being made that a crime had taken place on UK soil: namely, conspiracy to murder. Coroners are legally obliged to refer to the police any information or evidence that comes before them concerning a suspected or actual crime. The basis of the investigation was public statements made mainly by Dodi Fayed's father, Mohammed Al-Fayed.

The investigation initially was confined to the general premise of the alleged conspiracy, but was eventually broadened to cover every associated allegation made through the media, in legal submissions, and in formal correspondence since the crash. The level of detail of the investigation is reflected in the report's length at 832 pages which took a team of fourteen experienced police officers nearly three years to compile. Accident Investigation experts from TRL assisted the police enquiry.

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