Mohamed Al-Fayed, whose son Dodi died in the Paris car crash with Princess Diana in 1997, declared on Tuesday that he was abandoning his long legal battle to prove the couple had been killed as part of a conspiracy.

He told ITV News television that he was “tired” and had decided to accept the inquest verdict into the princess’ death, but “with reservations.”

“I'm a father who has lost his son and I've done everything for 10 years," Al Fayed said on ITV. "But now with the verdict I accept it, but with reservations.”

The verdict established by the jurors was that Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed, were killed through grossly negligent driving. The jurors blamed chauffeur Henri Paul and the paparazzi chasing the couple’s car at high speed for the couple’s death.

A visibly touched Al-Fayed said Tuesday that he was abandoning the battle for the sake of Princes William and Harry, Diana’s two sons, who had issued a statement the day before, saying they agreed with the jury’s conclusion and they hoped that things will finally be settled after the release of the verdict.

“We should like to thank the members of the Jury at the Inquests into the deaths of our mother and Dodi Al Fayed for the thorough way in which they have considered the evidence,” the princes’ statement reads. “We agree with their verdicts, and are both hugely grateful to each and every one of them for the forbearance they have shown in accepting such significant disruption to their lives over the past six months.”

The first reaction of Mohamed al-Fayed after hearing the verdict was disappointment. He pointed to the fact that he was not the only one who believed in the conspiracy theory and he said he was not satisfied with the jury’s conclusion.

But, even though he changed his mind a day after, he still blamed coroner Scott Baker of restricting the jury’s freedom of choice.

Just before Al Fayed’s declaration on ITV, Prime Minister Gordon Brown had warned people who still believed in a conspiracy theory that they should stop wasting more of MI6's time. The message was clearly aimed at Mohamed Al-Fayed, who has, for 10 years, tried to prove that Prince Phillip and the Queen had ordered the assassination of Princess Diana.