Contemporary news coverage and additional information pertaining to the role of the paparazzi (tabloid photographers) in the death of Princess Diana.
Washington Post: "The paparazzi of Europe are hungry, relentless, fearless and generally merciless celebrity stalkers, armed with cameras and driven partly by the thrill of the chase and the desire to bag that single exclusive shot that will sell to a tabloid newspaper for five or six figures and make weeks or months of waiting worthwhile." (August 31, 1997)
Time magazine: "There was a high price on the head of Diana, Princess of Wales--dead or alive, as it tragically turns out. The amount being paid for any picture of the princess getting to know her first serious beau since her divorce had increased dramatically. Princess Di was used to being the most photographed woman in the world, but her linking up with Dodi al Fayed had thrown the scavengers of celebrity into a heightened state of alert."
CNN: "French police took into custody seven photographers who had been following the car carrying Princess Diana before it crashed Sunday, killing her, her companion Dodi Fayed and the driver. A security guard in the car was injured." (August 31, 1997)
CNN: "Chasing celebrities has become a big-stakes proposition for many professional cameramen, worth incurring the wrath of those luminaries who want some personal space left them." (August 31, 1997)
CNN: "The judge investigating the high-speed crash that killed Princess Diana has placed the responsibility for the accident on her driver, clearing pursuing photographers some believed contributed to the wreck." (Nov. 3, 1999)
Associated Press: "A former tabloid newspaper editor says he and other media figures bore some responsibility for the death of Princess Diana, who was killed in a car crash while pursued by paparazzi." (August 22, 2007)
