Britain's former spy chief, in rare public testimony, dismissed as "utterly ridiculous" accusations by Mohamed Al Fayed that the agency plotted the car crash that killed Princess Diana. Sir Richard Dearlove, who directed the agency's special operations at the time the princess died in Paris in 1997, also scoffed at claims by Al Fayed that MI6 had acted against the couple on orders from Prince Philip, the queen's husband.
"It is utterly ridiculous," Dearlove said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PPkeFu2PRE&feature=related
accosta, when a tragic event such as this (the accidental death of Lady D) happens, people try to find an explanation - no matter how far-fetched that may be - for what happened. I mean, this Al Fayed says the BBC worked with MI6, which strikes me as kinda strange!
I don't know much about psychology and the like, but is it not a "rationalizing" kind of thing that people do, in order to make some sense when they have to face something as irrational and unbearable like this (death of a loved one)?!
I mean, we are talking death here, it's not that you're stuck home with the A/C not working, or that your female boss is calling you names 'cuz you're not fast enough as a paper-pusher, or whatever the case might be, as you could probably figure it out for yourself!