Diana & Dodi

I have read the Dominic Dunne article in the recent (May 2008) issue of Vogue regarding the inquest into the deaths of Dodi Al Fayed and Princess Diana, over ten years after their untimely death. The article rehashes all of the well known and lesser known 'facts' of what happened on the night of August 31, 1997 in Paris. Many facets of both their lives come into question and are held up to the bright lights of the London court room for speculation. Was DIana pregnant? Was she in love with Dodi? Did Dodi have a jilted American fiancee? My only question throughout the whole article was 'who cares?' Their deaths were tragic and many people close to them continue to feel the void they left. No amount of speculation regarding their relationship status, previous relationships, pregnancy, or marriage prospects is going to change the inescapable fact that they are dead. Dianas children I'm sure would like the issue to rest. To have their mother's last few months dragged out under the microscope must be terribly painful.
As for Dodi's father who continues to force the 'conspiracy theory' rightly or wrongly does a terribly injustice to his son's memory. No doubt he believes the theory that Diana and Dodi's deaths were planned and carried out on orders from the Royal family, but to fight to prove or disprove it is prolonging everyone's pain, a metaphorical picking of a scab.

The fact of the matter is is that they died. It was a terrible tragedy. A father should never bury his child and two young sons should not have to live without their mother. But it happened and no amount of speculation will change that.

It has been over ten years since their deaths. It is well passed due to let them rest in peace.