London Sunday Times
May 31 1998
 

 THE chauffeur of the Mercedes in which Diana, Princess of
 Wales died was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning,
 writes Zoe Brennan.

 The postmortem carried out on Henri Paul, the Ritz driver
 employed by Mohamed al-Fayed, revealed that he had been
 drinking but also showed that his blood contained more than
 20% carbon monoxide. This was more than three times the
 normal amount and would have deprived his brain of oxygen
 immediately before the crash, slowing his reaction time and
 distorting his judgment of distance. The source of the gas has
 eluded experts.

 The findings will be revealed in a documentary to be
 broadcast by ITV on Wednesday. It concludes that lower
 levels of the gas than those found in Paul's blood have
 proved fatal and that the evidence must be flawed.