Paris - The regular driver of the car in which Diana, Princess of Wales died has told French authorities that it had persistent braking problems and should not have been driven by someone who was not familiar with it, sources close to the investigation said yesterday.
Mr Olivier Lafaye, a former chauffeur for the Etoile Limousine company that owned the Mercedes 280S, told investigating magistrate Herve Stephan in a June 29th interview that one of the proprietors of the firm, which worked exclusively for the Paris Ritz hotel, had warned him that the vehicle could be dangerous.