Prince William and his little brother Harry have delivered a message to the inquest into their mother's death, calling for the proceedings to be open and swift. Baroness Butler-Sloss, who presided over a preliminary hearing into the inquests of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, said she had received a letter from the two royals stating their wishes.
Speaking in the High Court in London on Monday, the former judge read from a letter that had been written on the Princes' behalf. "It is their desire that the inquest should not only be open, fair and transparent, but that it should move quickly to a conclusion," she said.
The baroness also told their private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, who was there to represent the two siblings, that it was unlikely they would be called upon to take the stand. "I would be very surprised if those you represent… would be required to give evidence," she stated.
Lady Butler-Sloss went on to reveal that she intended to hold both inquests together, in keeping with the wishes of Dodi's father, Mohammed al-Fayed, and that she expected the proceedings to get underway by May of this year.
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