New series exploring the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, announced ahead of 27th anniversary
A new documentary series exploring the circumstances surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is in production.
The announcement was made days before the 27th anniversary of the tragedy, on August 31.
It's unlikely the news will be welcomed by her sons Prince William and Prince Harry who've had to deal with countless conspiracy theories and inquiries into the accident.
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Diana, Princess of Wales, pictured at the Connaught Hotel in Mayfair in March 1997. Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images
The Princess of Wales was killed when the car she was travelling in crashed into a pillar inside the Alma tunnel in Paris in 1997.
The car was being driven at more than twice the speed limit by a Ritz Hotel security boss who was more than three times over the alcohol limit.
The new series titled Who Killed Diana? will feature "rare and, in some cases, the first ever interviews with several key sources connected to the accident that caused Diana's death" Deadlinereports.
"It will cast new light on the case that has captured the world's attention for decades," the publication said.
The wreckage of the Mercedes inside a Paris tunnel. AP Photo/Jerome Delay
The three-part series is being produced by EverWonder Studio and Empress Films, the company behind Netflix documentaries Depp vs. Heard and The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe.
A release date has not yet been given, nor is it known on what platform the series will air.
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The series is part of a broader franchise between EverWonder and Empress, which was also behind Who Killed Jill Dando? – a Netflix series about the unsolved death of the BBC presenter who was gunned down on her doorstep in 1999.
Diana, Princess of Wales, at The Ritz Hotel in Paris, soon before her death on August 31, 1997. PA
"This new franchise will not merely revisit deaths of famous figures, it will actively drive the story forward with new voices and fresh insight into compelling and complex details," Jon Adler, Head of Talent & Content Development at EverWonder, said.
Conspiracy theories about the death of Princess Diana have been rampant since 1997, with one of the more wild suggestions – made by Mohamed Fayed, whose son Dodi also died in the crash – that Prince Philip ordered the security services to assassinate the couple.
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The official inquiry, Operation Paget, ended in 2006 after three years and at a cost of £3.7 million (approx. $7 million).
It concluded Princess Diana and Al Fayed had died as a result of a tragic accident and that there was no conspiracy and no cover-up.
A subsequent inquest jury agreed.
Diana and Dodi Fayed (both partially visible in back seat), bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones (front, left) and driver Henri Paul, in their Mercedes-Benz S280, shortly before the fatal crash. Sygma via Getty Images
But speculation has continued.
In January 2023, Prince Harry said that "a lot of things are unexplained" about his mother's death.
He said he still had questions about the reason Princess Diana's driver lost control of the Mercedes but said he did not see any point in opening another inquiry "at this stage".
Speaking to ITV's Tom Bradby during the promotion of his memoir Spare, Harry said he believed that if the paparazzi had not been following his mother's car the "end result" would not have happened.
The funeral procession of Diana, Princess of Wales. Getty
Harry said: "There's a lot of things that are unexplained. I've been asked before whether I want to open up another inquiry. I don't really see the point at this stage."
In Spare, Harry revealed he asked to be driven at speed through the same tunnel, and said he believed it was "almost physically impossible to lose control of a vehicle unless you are completely blinded at the wheel".
He also described how he demanded to see a secret government file on the investigation into Princess Diana's death, and was handed it by Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, his private secretary.
He told Bradby: "To this day, I will remain eternally grateful for Jamie for showing me what he believed I needed to see but removing the stuff that he knew I didn't need to see.
"I don't know where I'd be now if I saw the stuff that I wanted to see, that I demanded to see. He took out the more, I guess descriptive photographs.
"I saw the back of her blonde hair, you know, slumped on the back of the seat. There were other photographs that would probably show my mother's face and blood - those I assume were the ones that Jamie removed.
"I think at that point I was looking for evidence that it actually happened, that it was true. But I was also looking for something to hurt, because at that point I was still pretty numb to the whole thing. That was my body, my nervous system, just kind of shut down and said like, let's not go there."
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