In a shocking turn of events, French authorities announced in 2007 that the entire dossier containing crucial information about Princess Diana’s tragic death had mysteriously disappeared. This revelation came just weeks before the $17 million British inquest into the Princess’s death was set to begin. The investigation ultimately concluded that Diana and her rumored lover, Dodi Al Fayed, had been unlawfully killed as a result of negligent driving by both paparazzi and their chauffeur, Henri Paul, who also perished in the tragic accident.

Despite the loss of the dossier, it is known that the French file on the incident was compiled by a team of 30 police officers and contains thousands of pages of evidence. This evidence includes approximately 200 witness statements, toxicology reports for Henri Paul, previously unseen crash scene photographs, and interviews from what is considered one of the most extensive legal investigations in modern French history.

One lawyer, Jean-Louis Pelletier, who represented one of the paparazzi involved in the incident, expressed his disbelief when he discovered that the dossier had gone missing. He stated, “When I went in to the court to ask to see the files, I was told they weren’t there. I know files go missing from time to time, but bearing in mind the size and importance of this particular one, it is extraordinary.”