Diana inquest coroner steps down

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6588369.stm

Baroness Butler-Sloss is to step down in June as coroner for the inquests into the death of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed, it has been announced.

Lady Butler-Sloss said she lacked the experience required to deal with an inquest with a jury.

Lord Justice Scott Baker will take over as coroner for the inquests, which are expected to take place in October.

The princess died in a car crash in 1997 in the Pont D'Alma tunnel in Paris along with Mr Al Fayed.

Lady Butler-Sloss said in a statement: "This was a decision I took in the interests of the inquests after a great deal of thought and reflection.


This really is a saga now and the fact that you are now going to be on your third coroner I don't think anyone could have foreseen
June Kelly
BBC royal correspondent

Profile: Lady Butler-Sloss

"These inquests now require a jury, and I do not have the degree of experience of jury cases that I feel is necessary and appropriate for presiding over inquests of this level of public interest.
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we now see a third coroner put in place