Time line leading up to death of Diana

Hi everyone. Here is a timeline of the immediate events leading up to the crash. Just some background info for you all :)

Princess Diana – Events leading up to the crash. A brief Summary.

30th August 1997 - On the night of the crash Princess Diana was with her partner Al Fayed. They had arrived in Paris earlier in the day to spend one night in the city together.

1520 - The couple are picked up by Henri Paul at the airport and are driven to the Ritz hotel. They are followed by the Paparazzi.

1800 - After arriving at the Ritz Al Fayed goes and picks up a ring from the jewellers across the road from the Hotel. Two body guards accompany him.

1900 - The couple go to Al Fayed’s apartment. They go a different way than usual to not be seen by the Paparazzi .

2130 - Al Fayed planned to take Diana out for a romantic dinner but his plans are ruined by the paparazzi who hound the couple everywhere they go. With this they decide to go back to the Ritz hotel. The paparazzi follow them.

2155 - When they arrive security at the hotel call Henri Paul and inform him the couple have returned.

2200 The couple enter the hotel restaurant but only stay for 10 minutes, they move to the Imperial suite to dine instead.

2201 - Henri Paul enters the Hotel and meets the two body guards of the couple in the bar. He consumes two drinks of alcohol.

2300 - Henri Paul speaks to the Paparazzi outside the hotel. According to people in the Media throng he was acting out of Character. He informed them that the couple would soon depart.

2337 - Henri Paul speaks with the couple back in the Imperial Suite, they plan to return to the apartment owned by Al Fayed. Henri Paul then informs the two body guards that a plan is in place to give the Paparazzi the slip. The two vehicles the couple had been using that day were to leave the front of the Hotel with only the body guards inside. A new car at the back of the Hotel was arranged to take the couple back to the apartment. The body guards inform the couple that they will have no protection if all body guards were in the decoy cars, the couple permits one to ride with them.

31st August 1997 0025 - The car driven by Henri Paul carrying the couple and their body guard smashes into a pillar in the Alma tunnel. Henri Paul and Al Fayed are killed instantly. Diana is taken to hospital after being cut out of the wreckage but he soon dies after arrival from her serious injuries. The body guard survives the crash.