Harrods owner Mr Mohamed Al Fayed is today taking his case for a public inquiry into the deaths of the late princess Diana and his son Dodi before a Scottish court.
The millionaire was expected to join his legal team at the Court of Session in Edinburgh where they will challenge the refusal of the country's senior law officer to hold an inquiry in Scotland.
Mr Al Fayed has claimed that Dodi and Diana were murdered and that the full facts of the fatal car crash in Paris, France, have never been revealed.
It is the first time the events surrounding the death of the British princess more than six years ago have been aired in a British court.
Mr Al Fayed's team is seeking a judicial review of a decision earlier this year of Scotland's Lord Advocate to refuse Mr Al Fayed's request for an inquiry to be held in Scotland.
His counsel will argue an inquiry is justified under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which gives next of kin the right to a full and thorough investigation surrounding sudden and violent deaths. The Lord Advocate has said the crash was outside Scottish jurisdiction because of where it happened.
Mr Al Fayed is bringing the case before a Scottish court because he owns the Balnagown estate, in Easter Ross.
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