Diana’s death crash car was a ‘rebuilt wreck’ – and staff ‘had been warned it wasn’t safe’

                      The car was unsafe to drive at above 37mph a photographer has claimed (Rex)

Staff at the Paris Ritz ignored warnings about the ‘rebuilt wreck’ of a car in which Princess Diana was driven to her death in 1997 – part of a loan pool provided by the hotel.

Staff had been warned just two months before the fatal crash that the car was unsafe to drive at speeds over 37mph, according to one French photographer.
Previous inquiries have concluded that chauffeur Henri Paul, 41, was to blame for the death.
Paul lost control as he raced through the Alma Tunnel, next to the River Seine, while drunk and on anti-depressants, and trying to get away from pursuing photographers.
But a new book by photographer Pascal Rostain has claimed that the car – which belonged to Etoile Limousines, which supplied cars to the Ritz – was a ‘wreck’.
‘This Ritz car was a wreck,’ said Mr Rostain. ‘It had crashed before, and been rolled over several times.’

The scene at the crash: Photo credit should read: Serge Arnal/PA Wire

The car was ready to be broken up, said Mr Rostain, who said permission was then given to ‘re-make the vehicle.’
Mr Rostain said one of his friends at the Ritz, identified as a driver called Karim, took the Mercedes for a spin earlier in 1997 and warned senior staff about it.
Mr Rostain said: ‘Two months before the accident, he left the hotel and the only thing he said is that it was necessary to get rid of this wagon. At more than 60kph it didn’t hold.’
Mr Rostain is the co-author of a new book called ‘Who Killed Lady Di?’

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