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 -Story that has royal watchers buzzing. The end of this month will mark 16 years since Princess Diana died in a car crash. Well, now the conspiracy¹ theories are back with British police taking a close look at some information that could shed new light on her death. ABC's Nick Shaferen has details from London. 

-Hi, Nick!-Hi, B, good morning. Take a look at this. In newspaper after newspaper this morning, news seemingly shock in details about how Princess Diana died. The police long ago dismissed all the conspiracy theories. And yet so many people here believe they don't really know what happened that night in Paris.

August 31st, 1997, Diana and Dodi plotted to leave the Ritz, hoping to ditch the paparazzi. They talked with their driver, who drunk three times the legal limit, and then the cameraman, the tunnel, the crash. French police, British police in a three-year, seven-million-dollar investigation², all concluded their death were accidents.

-There was no conspiracy to murder, any occupants of that car.

But now the conspiracies³ are back. 

-New information about the circumstances surrounding the Paris car crash.

This morning, British media report that there is a new allegation Diana fired and the driver were murdered by British special forces and it was all covered up. No matter that the source is a formal soldier's estranged⁴ in laws.

-Whenever you bring in stories about special forces, personnel, then immediately you got the prospect⁵ of a red hot story and there is a little bit of conspiracy theories in all of it.

Ah, yes, the endless conspiracy theories. Even this one has been around, but says Diana's former private secretary, it must be investigated. 

-Imagine if someone came up and said, I have evidence. New evidence about the Kennedy assassination⁶, would we say, Oh, forget about it. It's obviously not true? No, we'd investigate it.

Even in the movies, in the soon-to-be-released Diana, a mysterious reference to that fateful Paris weekend.

-.....   

-Does it feel right if you're going on this trip?

That trip, her death, her life, all still captivate us, and that's why 16 years later, despite all these investigations⁷, we still want to know what really happened that night in Paris.

And this morning, Buckingham Palace declining any comments got in yards, as it quotes, scoping out the new information. And guys, look at these newspapers again. This is simply a story that we cannot turn away from.

-16 years later.

1 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 conspiracies   

n.阴谋，密谋( conspiracy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was still alive and hatching his conspiracies. 他还活着，策划着阴谋诡计。 来自辞典例句
• It appeared that they had engaged in fresh conspiracies from the very moment of their release. 看上去他们刚给释放，立刻开始新一轮的阴谋活动。 来自英汉文学

4 estranged   

adj.疏远的，分离的

参考例句：

• He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。
• The argument estranged him from his brother.争吵使他同他的兄弟之间的关系疏远了。

5 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

6 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

7 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。