French authorities were accused of trying to protect the photographer who followed Diana, Princess of Wales,  Dodi Fayed and their driver Henri Paul the night their Mercedes crashed under the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris ten years ago.

Lord Justice Scott Baker, the prosecutor contacted Jack Straw, the Ministry of Justice to put pressure on French authorities to review their decision to not let the photographer participate at the inquest, BBC News reports.

"I am most anxious that the paparazzi should give evidence if this can possibly be achieved. Neither I nor the rest of the inquest team intend to leave any stone unturned in this regard, I can give you no further information at the moment but I assure you that our efforts are ongoing," had he said in front of the court.

He also thinks that there are political reasons at stake for which the paparazzo does not testify:

 "I was certainly under the impression, at least until the end of last week that the witnesses would, at the very least, be required to come to court… But it does appear that there has been a change in position by the French authorities taken at a very high level,” he said in a statement quoted by AHN.

The bad news is that British law has no power to force foreign witnesses to testify in the British court.

A French man, who has since died, revealed the only “images” from the crash scene. In his letter read in front of the jury, Jean-Louis Bonin said that he was near the Princess' car when it all happened, the Associated Press reports.

"In the back of the car on the left I saw Dodi al Fayed, I had seen photos of him in the press that summer, especially on a yacht. He was trying desperately to hide himself, holding on to the safety handle and his right hand was in front of his face.”

"I also saw Princess Diana; she was in the back on the right. I recognized her straight away. She was trying to hide too, trying to sink into her seat. I also noticed the bodyguard, a young man who seemed nervous and ill at ease.”

Bonin also expressed his disgust with the paparazzo who continued on taking shots instead of helping those injured in the accident:

"Sickened and frightened by the state of the barely recognizable Mercedes, I went home. I do not know if my evidence can contribute anything to your investigation,   but what it seems to me is that the paparazzi preferred to photograph the tragedy rather than help those injured in the crash," he said, quoted by New York Daily News.

According to the same tabloid, there seems to be anoother reason, other than the paparazzo, that led to the car crashing on August 31, 1997. Dodi’s father, Mohamed Al Fayed strongly believes that Prince Philip, Diana’s ex-father-in-law, plotted the accident.

In addition, the driver of the Mercedes Henry Paul seemed to be under alcohol influence when they crashed, investigation of French authorities and British police concluded.