Paris
A French court has agreed to reopen the case against three photographers who were pursuing Princess Diana’s car before its fatal crash, in 1997. The three had been charged with invasion of privacy for taking pictures of the smashed car and of Diana’s broken body, but they were acquitted last year. The court ruled then that the inside of a car was in effect a public space, and drivers and passengers therefore had no right to privacy. Prosecutors launched an appeal at the request of Mohammed al Fayed, the father of Diana’s boyfriend Dodi Fayed, who also died in the crash. The crash was ruled an accident, and the photographers were never charged with manslaughter.
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