It seems to me that the drunk chauffeur driving the car containing Diana caused it to crash, not the photographers chasing behind. During a chase, vehicles travel only as fast as the lead car.

In this case, that speed was an astonishing 121 miles per hour in 30 mph tight tunnel!

It almost makes me wonder if the driver intended to commit suicide and take his famous passengers with him.

The National Enquirer has refused to buy photos of the crash and urged all other media outlets to do the same.

That’s good, but my first thought was: well, we know just how far the press has sunk when it is the National Enquirer lecturing the rest of the press to take the high road.

Some photographer will make a lot of money from crash pictures, and so will the magazine which eventually publishes them.

For all the clucking noises everyone is making about how terrible it would be for any such photos to be published, they would sneak a peek at them, given the chance. We just know not to admit it out loud.

Right now the photographers are making a convenient scapegoat. But paparazzi wouldn’t have been chasing the car if everyone didn’t want to see such pictures.

This tragic death is, of course, reminiscent of Elvis, Marilyn or James Dean.

If history is any guide, Diana herself will rest in peace — thank God — but public interest in her will multiply tenfold.

Now, there can be no more new photographs of Diana taken. Every single paparazzi photo which exists has now increased in value and will eventually be published somewhere … many no doubt even in the publications of tribute that will shortly sell out on newsstands.

Right alongside harsh criticism of paparazzi, no doubt.

Charles Godwin

Davenport