A FORMER SAS soldier confessed to his wife that Princess Diana was assassinated and that a bright light was shone into the Paris car she was being driven in.

The soldier, known only as Soldier N, made the admission after taking Prince William on an SAS advanced driving course in 2008.

Soldier N swore his wife to secrecy but she told her mother the extraordinary story.

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"If it was not for Prince William being given driving lessons by the SAS, these allegations might never have emerged," a source told the Sunday Mirror.

media_camera The head of the Princess of Wales, in the rear seat, her bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, (L) and driver Henri Paul are seen shortly before the car crash that killed Diana, her companion Dodi Al Fayed and the driver in the Pont de l'Alma Tunnel in Paris. The image was presented at the British inquest into the deaths of Diana and Dodi.

"He went on to tell me that it had to be done in a tunnel, that people had been monitoring them [Diana and Dodi Fayed]... a light was shone in the driver’s eyes."

"He also said that it very nearly didn’t happen. When I asked how anyone could do something like that he said, ‘It’s an order, a job’s a job’. He said that it had to happen in the tunnel to ­guarantee death. He said that it looked bad so they left," the wife said.

She also told detectives that her husband had claimed that the "hit" had been carried out on the orders of individuals within the royal inner circle because they didn’t approve of Diana’s ­relationship with Dodi Al Fayed.

Soldier N told his wife that a former colleague, who had since left the SAS, was involved in the plot and that a motorbike and white car were used.

media_camera French policemen attaches the wreckage at scene of the crash which resulted in death of Diana, Princess of Wales & companion Dodi Al Fayed when their Mercedes Benz car crashed at high speed in Paris tunnel, 31/08/97. France / Accident

The women are said to have given "compelling" accounts about the crash which killed Diana, 36, Dodi Fayed, 42, and their driver Henri Paul, 41, in a Paris underpass in 1997. Diana’s bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, a former Paratrooper, was seriously injured.

Dodi’s father Mohammed Al Fayed has always insisted his son and Diana were murdered by the British establishment in a conspiracy involving MI6. He is convinced that a white Fiat, which smashed into the Mercedes but was never traced, was involved, along with a motorcyclist.

Last month, it was confirmed police were assessing new information on Diana's death relating to information that came from a former soldier.

Police refused to provide details on the new intelligence at the time, only saying the assessment will be carried out by officers from its specialist crime and operations unit.

media_camera Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al-Fayed died in Paris after a midnight car crash which sent shock waves round the world and led to accusations against press photographers.

"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.

media_camera AUGUST 31, 2002 : One of the main windows at Harrods department store in London, 31/08/02, dedicated to Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed who died in a car crash in Paris five years ago. Dodi Fayed was the son of the store's owner Al Fayed. England / Shopping / Shop

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.



Originally published as SAS 'killed Diana by shining light in car'