The jury in the inquest into the death of Britain's Princess Diana were yesterday shown a photo of her just moments before she was killed.
The princess - who died in a Paris car crash on August 31, 1997 along with lover Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul - can be seen in the back of the Mercedes sat next to Dodi while Henri is driving and Diana's bodyguard Trevor Rees is sat next to him in the passenger seat.
Just moments later, the car crashed into pillar 13 in the Alma Tunnel, killing Diana, Dodi and Henri and seriously injuring Trevor.
The photo, which was taken by a freelance journalist, will be one of the main pieces of evidence in the inquiry being held at London's High Court, as the jury will have to decide when it was taken.
It has been claimed it was shot as the couple left the Ritz Hotel via the rear exit at The Rue Cambon.
However, lawyers for Mohamed Al Fayed - Dodi's father - are expected to argue it was taken as the car sped towards the crash in the tunnel.
Another photo shows the car just moments after the fatal crash, at which time Diana was still alive but Dodi was dying from his chest injuries. Other photographs, which coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker allowed the jury to see for the first time, show rescuers trying to free Diana.
The jurors will use the photographs and other evidence given to them over the next six months to decide whether Diana was murdered or if her death was a tragic accident.
Harrods boss Al Fayed claims the British establishment had Diana and Dodi killed as they were about to announce their engagement and she was pregnant.
He claims MI6 agents caused the crash by flashing a powerful light in the tunnel.
The jury also heard how Diana told her lawyer she was to be killed off nearly two years before her death.
In October 1995, she claimed Queen Elizabeth would abdicate in June 1996 in favor of Diana's ex-husband Prince Charles and feared a secret assassination plot, as they didn't want her around to cause problems.
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