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Operation Paget was the Metropolitan Police inquiry, led by Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, which investigated the various conspiracy theories surrounding the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed on 31 August 1997. Its first report with the findings of the criminal investigation was published on 14 December 2006. The inquiry was wound up following the conclusion of the British inquest into the deaths on 7 April 2008 in which a jury delivered its verdict of an "unlawful killing" by chauffeur Henri Paul and the pursuing paparazzi. ==Background== (詳細はCoroner of the Queen's Household, Michael Burgess, asked the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, then Sir John Stevens, to conduct enquiries into allegations of a cover-up and conspiracy: that MI6, under the orders of the Royal Family, deliberately caused the fatal car crash in Paris that killed Diana and Dodi. (See Death of Diana, Princess of Wales conspiracy theories.) The investigation was legally necessary; once the inquest into the deaths got under way in the United Kingdom, it became apparent to the Coroner that allegations were being made that a crime had taken place on UK soil: namely, conspiracy to murder. Coroners are legally obliged to refer to the police any information or evidence that comes before them concerning a suspected or actual crime. The basis of the investigation was public statements made mainly by Dodi Fayed's father, Mohammed Al-Fayed. The investigation initially was confined to the general premise of the alleged conspiracy, but was eventually broadened to cover every associated allegation made through the media, in legal submissions, and in formal correspondence since the crash. The level of detail of the investigation is reflected in the report's length at 832 pages which took a team of fourteen experienced police officers nearly three years to compile. Accident Investigation experts from TRL assisted the police enquiry. Because of public interest in Diana, the Metropolitan Police decided to publish the report on the internet, although it had been drafted as an internal police document.〔(BBC News: Diana death a 'tragic accident' )〕〔(BBC News: At-a-glance: Lord Stevens' report )〕 The criminal investigation had a final cost of 3.69 million pounds (US$7.27 million). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Paget」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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