It was claimed by Princess Diana that her former bodyguard was murdered for having an affair with her.

Her beyond-the-grave testimony that royal protection officer Barry Mannakee was deliberately killed in a motorcycle crash 17 years ago is said to be on a video filmed in the early Nineties.

Officers unearthed the 90-minute film - shot by her former voice coach Peter Settelen - while gathering evidence for the inquest into her death.

On it, Diana is said to confess to an affair with the married detective and claims he was targeted by security service agents as a result.

The affair is alleged to have taken place in 1985 - four years into Diana's marriage and several months before Prince Charles re-established contact with Camilla Parker Bowles.


The following year, father-of-two Mr Mannakee was moved from his royal duties at Kensington Palace to the Diplomatic Corps.

Eight months later, in May 1987, aged 39, he died on a motorcycle in London.

Although it was well known Mr Mannakee had been a confidant of the Princess, some of Charles's circle were convinced the police sergeant's sudden change of role was because he was her first extra-marital lover.

Now detectives have begun re-interviewing key witnesses. In recent weeks, they have questioned former policeman Stephen Peal, who was at the controls of the Suzuki bike.


The tape said to contain Diana's testimony was one of half a dozen held by Scotland Yard pending the outcome of a six-year legal battle between Mr Settelen and the Spencer family. That ended in victory for Mr Settelen in July, paving the way for him to make millions from TV deals.

And Jimlad, talking on threads about the size of your manhood are a little undeviating.

The tapes were recorded between September 1992 and December 1993, one of the most turbulent periods in the Princess's marriage.