{"id":100982,"date":"2013-08-18T12:34:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T07:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=100982"},"modified":"2013-08-20T02:31:16","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T21:01:16","slug":"diana-murdered-by-a-member-of-the-british-military-new-information-assessed-by-scotland-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/diana-murdered-by-a-member-of-the-british-military-new-information-assessed-by-scotland-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"New Claim: Diana Murdered By A British Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Scotland Yard has launched an investigation into new claims that Diana, Princess of Wales was murdered by a member of the British military.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/diana-murdered-by-a-member-of-the-british-military-new-information-assessed-by-scotland-yard\/diana\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100983\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-100983 alignright\" title=\"diana\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/diana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/diana.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/diana-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a>Reports in several British Sunday newspapers suggest there are allegations the military was involved and that information had been passed to the police by an Army source, the BBC reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph UK said; &#8220;The claims were given to the force by the Royal Military Police, after surfacing during the trial of Sgt Danny Nightingale, the SAS sniper convicted of illegal weapons possession.\u00a0The dossier is said to include a claim that the SAS \u201cwas behind Princess Diana\u2019s death\u201d. Scotland Yard declined to confirm the content or origin of the material.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph UK said; &#8220;The claims were given to the force by the Royal Military Police, after surfacing during the trial of Sgt Danny Nightingale, the SAS sniper convicted of illegal weapons possession.\u00a0The dossier is said to include a claim that the SAS \u201cwas behind Princess Diana\u2019s death\u201d. 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