As the Diana inquest enters its second week, a jeweller has claimed that Dodi Al-Fayed bought the Princess of Wales an 'engagement ring' from his showroom.
LONDON: As the Diana inquest enters its second week, a jeweller has claimed that Dodi Al-Fayed bought the Princess of Wales an 'engagement ring' from his showroom days before their death in a Paris car crash ten years back.
"I had given Scotland Yard the actual copy of the receipt given to Dodi's secretary on which was clearly written 'engagement ring'. I am probably the only witness to the fact that Dodi and Princess Diana were going to get engaged," the media reported on Monday, quoting Alberto Repossi as saying.
The Italian jeweller has also alleged that the British police had urged him to lie about the 130,000 pounds ring.
"They said it would be better for your reputation if you change your version of events," he claimed.
Repossi's claims came a week after Mohammed Al-Fayed alleged at the inquest, which opened this month, that Diana and his son Dodi were assassinated by British secret service on the orders of Prince Philip.
The Harrods boss insists that the Princess of Wales was pregnant at the time of her death, and both were planning to get married. He is also considering to drag an American intelligence agency to establish his claim.
According to reports, Al-Fayed's legal team would soon make a demand for top US intelligence files on Diana to be presented at the inquest as they believe that the National Security Agency had amassed a wealth of information on her.
"I can see no reason why these documents should not be made available to the Coroner. For the sake of transparency, and to determine whether they are germane to the inquest, the Coroner should ask to see the files," Harrods Head of Security John McNamara was quoted as saying.
"And if they are to be made available they should be made available to all interested parties," said McNamara who worked with the police probe team that produced a report last year that Diana's death in 1997 was an accident.
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