Princess Diana (Corbis / Splash News)
Police are examining new information believed to be alleging Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed were murdered by a former British soldier.
SKY News UK reports the former parents-in-law of an ex-member of the British military passed on the information to Scotland Yard, which is now assessing its ‘credibility’.
It is believed the information was passed to London’s Metropolitan Police through the Royal Military Police.
The ‘People’s Princess’, her boyfriend Fayed and their driver Henri Paul died after their Mercedes crashed in a Paris tunnel after leaving the Ritz Hotel on August 31, 1997. Diana was 36.
A royal spokeswoman said there will be no comment on the matter from Prince William or Prince Harry, or from Clarence House.
Police have also refused to provide details on the new intelligence, only saying the assessment will be carried out by officers from its specialist crime and operations unit.
“The Metropolitan Police Service is scoping information that has recently been received in relation to the deaths and assessing its relevance and credibility,” it said in a statement.
“This is not a re-investigation and does not come under Operation Paget.”
Former Met Police Commissioner Lord Stevens’ Paget investigation was launched in 2004 at the request of Michael Burgess, the Royal Coroner, who was then overseeing the future Diana inquest.
The former top policeman published his report in December 2006, rejecting the murder claims voiced by some, including Dodi’s father Mohamed al Fayed.
In 2008, a British jury ruled that Diana and Fayed were unlawfully killed due to reckless speed and drinking by their driver, and by the reckless pursuit of paparazzi chasing them.
The hearing, which cost $13.7 million, lasted more than 90 days with evidence from around 250 witnesses.
Meanwhile, Sky’s Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said the new information also references other areas of Princess Diana’s private life.
“The information we’re told was passed to Scotland Yard quite recently. It also includes, we understand, references to something known as Diana’s diary,” he said.
“These are very early days, the information has just come in, and Scotland Yard is adamant in saying that this is not a reopening of its investigation from 2004 when it spent three years looking into the circumstances of the Princess’ death.
“But it is taking the information seriously and it is considering and it is possible that a new investigation may open.”
The latest police announcement coincides with the upcoming anniversary of the couple’s death – August 31.
The original article appeared on NEWS.COM.AU