LONDON - Another witness at the Diana inquest has testified about the "fast and furious'' driving of Henri Paul.
Deborah Gribble spoke of what she said was a "very hairy drive'' through Paris in a Range Rover driven by Paul the day before the crash that killed him, along with Diana, the Princess of Wales, and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed.
Gribble, a former stewardess on Fayed's yacht, told jurors via a video link from New Zealand that there was "swerving, changing lanes and that sort of thing.''
On Tuesday, a witness described Paul, the acting head of security at the Ritz Hotel, as "driving like a maniac'' on the trip from airport.
Myriah Daniels, a holistic healer and masseuse who was on the staff of Fayed's yacht, resumed her testimony today, saying she saw an opened packet of contraceptive pills among Diana's belongings in the weeks before she died.
Several witnesses have dismissed claims by Dodi Fayed's father, Mohamed Al Fayed, that Diana was pregnant when she died, and that Dodi and the princess had decided to marry.
British and French police inquiries found Paul responsible for the Aug. 31, 1997 crash. They found evidence that his blood-alcohol level was over the legal limit and that he was speeding.
Fayed's father contends that the couple were the targets of a secret service plot orchestrated by Prince Philip, the husband of the Queen, to prevent the ex-wife of Prince Charles from marrying a Muslim.
Inquests are required by British law when someone dies unexpectedly, violently or of unknown causes.
This inquest, which began in October and is due to last into the new year, had been delayed for 10 years because of the two exhaustive investigations by French and British police.
