Princess Diana 'was meant to be in UK on night she died' in Paris

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Colin Tebbutt, Princess Diana's former driver and minder, has revealed that she delayed a return to London at the end of August 1997 because of the fallout of her call for a ban on landmines.

Princess Diana was meant to be back in the UK on the night she died in Paris, according to a former driver for the late royal.

The princess, who was 36 when she died, had begun campaigning for the war weapon to be outlawed months before, but her work had been met with anger by some Conservative MPs who said she was a "loose cannon". "So she contacted us and said she didn't want all the hassle that would be waiting for her in the UK. She would return at the weekend instead.Diana in Angola in January 1997 while campaigning on landmines.

 

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