LONDON, Sept 30, 2008 (AFP) - A letter written by a young Princess Diana in which she admitted trying to marry off her elder sister to her future husband Prince Charles was sold at auction in England Tuesday for 12,000 pounds.

LONDON, Sept 23, 2008 (AFP) - Princess Diana feared she looked like an elephant when she danced, and was relieved when her elder sister did not marry Prince Charles, letters set to be auctioned later this month show.

PARIS, Sept 19, 2008 (AFP) - A Paris appeals court on Thursday convicted British celebrity photographer Jason Fraser of invasion of privacy by snapping photos of Princess Diana kissing her boyfriend Dodi Fayed on a yacht.

PARIS, Sept 18, 2008 (AFP) - A Paris appeals court on Thursday convicted British celebrity photographer Jason Fraser of invading the privacy of the late Princess Diana by snapping her on a yacht kissing her boyfriend Dodi Fayed.

PARIS, Sept 18, 2008 (AFP) - A Paris appeals court on Thursday convicted British celebrity photographer Jason Fraser of invading the privacy of the late Princess Diana by snapping her on a yacht kissing her boyfriend Dodi Fayed.

LONDON, May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, will not be formally investigated for perjury after claims that he did not tell the whole truth at the coroner's inquest into her death, police said Friday.

PARIS, April 25, 2008 (AFP) - The British judge in charge of the inquest into Princess Diana's death has written to thank France's justice minister for her country's 'excellent cooperation' in the investigation.

LONDON, April 8, 2008 (AFP) - Mohamed Al Fayed said Tuesday he was abandoning his decade-long legal battle over princess Diana's fatal car crash, and accepted an inquest verdict into her death, but 'with reservations'.

LONDON, April 8, 2008 (AFP) - Mohamed Al Fayed said on Tuesday that he had abandoned his legal battle over princess Diana's fatal car crash 10 years ago, and accepted an inquest verdict into her death 'with reservations'.

LONDON, April 8, 2008 (AFP) - Mohamed Al Fayed was on Tuesday considering whether to continue his legal fight over Princess Diana's fatal car crash, as the prime minister and others urged people to let her rest in peace at last.

LONDON, April 8, 2008 (AFP) - Mohamed Al Fayed was on Tuesday considering ploughing on with his legal fight over the deaths of his son and Princess Diana, as others tried to draw a line a decade on from their fatal car crash.

LONDON, April 8, 2008 (AFP) - Britain's newspapers let out a collective sigh of relief Tuesday that the latest inquest into the death of Diana, princess of Wales, was finally over and urged that she now be left to rest in peace.

LONDON, April 8, 2008 (AFP) - British newspapers let out a collective sigh of relief Tuesday after the inquest into the death of princess Diana returned a verdict, and called for her to finally be left to rest in peace.

LONDON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - Princes William and Harry, Princess Diana's two sons, said in a statement Monday that they 'agree' with the verdict of unlawful killing in the inquest into their mother's death.

LONDON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - Princess Diana's death in a 1997 Paris car crash, which an inquest ruled Monday was unlawful killing, cut short the life of the woman who injected Britain's royal family with celebrity glitz.

LONDON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - The inquest into the death of Princess Diana returned a verdict of unlawful killing Monday, blaming the driving of chauffeur Henri Paul and paparazzi photographers pursuing her car at high speed.

LONDON, April 2, 2008 (AFP) - The inquest into the deaths of princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, which ended Monday, aimed to establish exactly how their 1997 deaths in a Paris car crash happened, not apportion blame.

Under the legal system in England and Wales, inquests, or state investigations, are held into violent, unnatural or sudden deaths of Britons either here or abroad.

LONDON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - Here is a list of key events and quotes during the inquest at London's High Court into the deaths of princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed in a Paris car crash in 1997:

LONDON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - The inquest into the death of Princess Diana returned a verdict of unlawful killing Monday, blaming the driving of chauffeur Henri Paul and paparazzi photographers pursuing her car.

LONDON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - Mohamed Al Fayed, the father of Diana, princess of Wales' boyfriend Dodi Fayed, maintained that the couple were murdered, after an inquest jury Monday returned a verdict of unlawful killing.

LONDON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - The inquest into the death of princess Diana returned a verdict of unlawful killing Monday, blaming the driving of chauffeur Henri Paul and paparazzi photographers pursuing her car.

LONDON, April 7, 2008 (AFP) - Diana, princess of Wales, died due to unlawful killing in a 1997 car crash through the negligent driving of her chauffeur and the pursuing paparazzi vehicles, the jury in her inquest said Monday.

LONDON, April 2, 2008 (AFP) - Jurors examining the death of Princess Diana retired to consider their verdict Wednesday, after the coroner said no evidence of an alleged assassination plot was presented during the six-month inquest.

LONDON, April 2, 2008 (AFP) - The jurors examining the death of Diana, princess of Wales, retired Wednesday to consider their verdicts following an exhaustive inquest 10 years on from the fatal car crash.

LONDON, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - The coroner examining the death of Diana, Princess of Wales launched a scathing attack Tuesday on her former butler, telling the jury at her inquest it was 'blindingly obvious' he lied as a witness.

LONDON, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - The coroner investigating the death of Princess Diana said Monday there is no evidence she was murdered by British intelligence, as claimed by her boyfriend's father.

The assessment by Lord Justice Scott Baker came as he began summing up the inquest into the death of Diana and Dodi Fayed, which began in October.

LONDON, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - The coroner in the inquest into the death of Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed said Monday there was no evidence she was murdered by British secret services, as claimed by Fayed's father.

LONDON, March 18, 2008 (AFP) - Lawyers for the father of princess Diana's last boyfriend failed Tuesday to force Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip to give evidence at a London inquest.

Mohammed Al-Fayed's lawyers had wanted a judicial review of coroner judge Scott Baker's decision earlier this month not to ask the couple to appear at the High Court hearing.

LONDON, March 18, 2008 (AFP) - Lawyers for the father of princess Diana's last boyfriend will again try and force Queen Elizabeth II and husband Prince Philip to give evidence at her inquest in London Tuesday, his spokeswoman said.

LONDON, March 17, 2008 (AFP) - Former royal butler Paul Burrell allegedly removed an engagement ring from the body of princess Diana soon after her death in a Paris car crash, his former bodyguard said Monday.

LONDON, March 13, 2008 (AFP) - Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed were due to watch filming of the James Bond movie 'Tomorrow Never Dies' the day after she was killed, the inquest into her death heard Thursday.

The couple were to visit Pinewood Studios near London on September 1, 1997, the film's producer Barbara Broccoli said in a statement to the inquest.

LONDON, March 7, 2008 (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will not be called to give evidence at the inquest into the death of princess Diana, the coroner ruled Friday.

LONDON, March 6, 2008 (AFP) - Princess Diana's former butler has refused to return to London to explain alleged discrepancies in evidence he gave to her inquest, the judge overseeing the case said Thursday.

LONDON, March 4, 2008 (AFP) - One of Britain's leading picture agencies was sent a bomb threat days after princess Diana was killed in a car crash trying to flee paparazzi photographers, the inquest into her death was told Tuesday.

LONDON, March 3, 2008 (AFP) - A Pakistani surgeon who had a two-year romance with Princess Diana revealed details of their relationship Monday, including how she disguised herself to avoid publicity.

LONDON, Feb 26, 2008 (AFP) - A plan to kill a Balkan leader, allegedly Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic, was not a blueprint for a plot to murder princess Diana and her lover Dodi Fayed, the couple's inquest heard Tuesday.

LONDON, Feb 26, 2008 (AFP) - British intelligence was not keeping files on either princess Diana or her lover Dodi Fayed when they were killed in a car crash in Paris, a coroner's inquest into their deaths was told Tuesday.

LONDON, Feb 22, 2008 (AFP) - The judge leading the inquest into the death of Princess Diana has called back her former butler Paul Burrell to explain a report that he withheld information when giving evidence last month.