Law enforcement officials in London have struck down a claim that the British military was involved in Princess Diana, her boyfriend and their driver's deaths.
London's Metropolitan Police said there was "no credible evidence" to back an allegation that the military had anything to do with the deaths of Lady Di, Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul.
"Every reasonable line of inquiry was objectively pursued in order to fully evaluate any potential evidence," the police said in a statement obtained by CNN. "The final conclusion is that whilst there is a possibility the alleged comments in relation to the SAS's involvement in the deaths may have been made, there is no credible evidence to support a theory that such claims had any basis in fact."
The SAS stands for England's Special Air Service.
Rumors of the military's involvement in Princess Diana's death first came to light in August, nearly 16 years after the fatal car crash in Paris. Officers opened an investigation on the claims, which alleged that Britain's SAS unit was sent to assassinate the woman who would now be a royal grandmother. It seems the claims were first sent to military authorities by parents-in-law of a British sniper with the special forces. According to the Sunday People newspaper, the parents wrote a seven-page letter that stated the unnamed soldier had bragged to his wife at the time that his unit was responsible for the deaths.
No further details of the claim were added in the Sunday People, CNN reported.
Princess Diana was survived by her two children Prince William and Harry.
