In an excerpt from his updated book, Tom Bower recounts a flight in Mohamed Fayed's helicopter shortly after Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed's tragic car accident. The atmosphere was grim as Bower, permitted by Fayed, joined a group intent on disputing the official narrative surrounding the unfortunate event. This moment captures the tensions and motivations driving Fayed's actions in the wake of a significant tragedy, highlighting his desire to control the narrative and seek accountability.
The atmosphere in the helicopter as I flew across the English Channel towards Paris was sombre. On Tuesday, September 2, 1997, two days after Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed had died in a car crash in Paris... I was sitting in Mohamed Fayed's helicopter with three men ordered by Fayed to challenge the official version of the circumstances which led to their deaths.
Fayed had personally approved my presence, allowing me to become the first and only observer of his efforts to distort the truth about the events in the Ritz Hotel 48 hours earlier.
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