Princess Diana Inquest Day 3653 AD (After Diana): Pap Sans Frontières
PRINCESS Diana is on the cover of the Daily Express. She is wearing a pair of pearl drop earring, a black dress and a look of disappointment and sadness.
The Express’s Diana masthead, that barometer of Diana’s mood, bodes unwell for news within.
And, indeed, inside readers learn that paparazzo Romuald Rat is said to have telephoned the Sun newspaper from within the Alma Tunnel and with Diana stricken and dying requested a £300,000 deal for pictures of the scene.
A Stephen Darmon, the snapper’s associate, says Rat was trying to stop the paparazzi reaching the car. He was helping Diana.
Indeed, it may have been that Rat hoped his pictures of a bloodied and prone Diana would be useful in assessing her condition and so getting her the right kind of medical treatment.
The gamble that the Sun’s picture editor, Ken Lennox, was also a trained medic was a long shot, but had it worked who knows what plaudits Rat would have attracted.
Posted: 31st, October 2007 | In: Princess Diana Inquest, Royal Family, Tabloids Comments (7) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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October 31st, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Come now. What man would marry Camilla?
October 31st, 2007 at 5:49 pm
3 - They say she was planning to become a man and marry Camilla
October 31st, 2007 at 5:02 pm
The Sun pictures editor accepted the offer on the report that Diana was “lightly injured.” You can see this in the inquest transcripts and that infamous documentary your Channel 4 did. The documentary clipped out the part identifying Rat as the seller, so there you see him telling how he opened the door to offer aid and comfort, but nothing about taking pictures. So, once again, his surname proves apt.
October 31st, 2007 at 3:02 pm
3 Helsangel
Cos she has a cock and bollocks?
October 31st, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Why does Diana look like a transexual in the picture?
October 31st, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Nothing is reported - other than that the paper was shocked, saddened and amazed
October 31st, 2007 at 11:03 am
He requested £300,000, thats fairly interesting, but what is more interesting is how much did the Sun offer (if they did indeed offer anything)?