Political pressure mounts to end the Diana inquest in a timely manner. The coroner hearing the inquest, Lord Justice Scott Baker, has been asked to reconsider the decision to summon British intelligence service members. George Foulkes, a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee, alleges the inquest is nothing but "a total waste of time and money" and said it has been turned by Fayed's father into a circus.

Lord Justice Scott Baker shot back and said that "comments made outside this court, often about a limited aspect of the evidence, may tender the maker or publisher liable to contempt of court."

"These inquests are an inquiry into two deaths and are being heard by a jury. They will continue to be heard by a jury on evidence they hear in this court and nothing else," Lord Baker said.

Mohamed Al Fayed, the father of Diana's last lover, said last week that paparazzo James Andanson was hired by the Mi6 to hit Diana's Mercedes with his Fiat Uno and cause the deadly crash. He based his allegations on the fact that some witnesses indeed said they saw such a car, and a dent with white paint was also found on the late Princess' car. The photographer died in the meantime, being found dead in a burnt car two years later.

However, Mr. Andanson's widow Elisabeth said, in videolinked testimony, this was "impossible," because her husband was at home on the night Diana died.

On Wednesday the former head of the MI6 offered testimony in the case of Princess Diana’s death and her boyfriend, Dodi al Fayed in 1997. Sir Richard Dearlove, who was director of the agency at the time of the Diana’s accident, denied any involvement of the agency in the accident. He also said that he doesn’t believe that the accident could have been an operation by agents.

MI6 was accused by Fayed's father, Mohamed Al Fayed, for planning the death of the princess and his son at the request of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband. Dearlove said that it was his job to sign off any operation that would be illegal and then it would have needed the approval of a foreign secretary, a senior member of the government.

He was asked by Ian Burnett, a lawyer for the coroner's inquest, if he can confirm that "no authorization was sought in respect of any activities concerning Princess Diana." Dearlove said: "I can absolutely confirm that."

Diana, her lover Dodi al-Fayed and their driver Henri Paul died after the car they were in smashed at high speed into a pillar of the Pont d'Alma tunnel on August 31, 1997. The only survivor of the tragic accident was the couple’s bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones.