Coroner to hold public inquest into Princess Diana's Death

Diana pre-inquest hearing public

The coroner in charge of the Princess Diana inquest has decided to hold a preliminary hearing in January in public, rather than in private.

Mohammed Al Fayed had mounted a legal challenge over holding the hearing about Diana and his son Dodi privately.

UK law states inquests must be held in public, but early hearings need not be.
The Judicial Communications Office said Lady Butler-Sloss had been persuaded to change her mind because of public interest in the case.

"The reasons she had in mind that led her to conclude initially that the meeting should be held in private were entirely pragmatic - such as the size of the courtroom," said a spokesman.

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