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Mohamed Al Fayed accepts Diana ruling

LONDON – Mohamed Al Fayed said Tuesday that he was abandoning a quest to prove his belief that Princess Diana and his son were killed by British secret agents. Al Fayed said he reluctantly accepted a coroner’s jury ruling that Diana and Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed due to reckless speed and drinking by their driver, and by the reckless pursuit of the paparazzi chasing them.

“Enough is enough,” Fayed said in an interview with ITV News broadcast Tuesday night. “For the sake of the two princes, who I know loved their mother.”

Diana’s sons, Princes William and Harry, endorsed the verdict delivered by a jury on Monday.

Al Fayed, the Harrods department store owner, said he still believed the couple was murdered and that the evidence presented at the inquest supported his theory.

“I’m a father who has lost his son and I’ve done everything for 10 years. But now with the verdict I accept it, but with reservations,” he said.

“But I have (had) enough. I’m leaving the rest for God to get my revenge,” Al Fayed said. “I’m not doing anything any more … this is the end.”

The coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, had told the jury that Al Fayed and his legal team had not produced any evidence that the Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, was involved in the fatal car crash in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown backed the princes as well. “I think the princes, William and Harry, have spoken for the whole country when they say this is time to bring this to an end,” Brown said Tuesday.

Al Fayed had claimed that MI6 agents were taking orders from Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

When he testified under oath, Al Fayed said he would accept the jury’s verdict.

The coroner disclosed Tuesday that he would not seek a police investigation of Diana’s former butler, Paul Burrell, for alleged perjury. In his summation, Baker had said Burrell was among the witnesses who had obviously lied at the inquest or elsewhere.

Burrell, who has written two books about his years with Diana, had been caught on a hidden camera saying he had not told the whole truth during his three days of testimony at the inquest.

(taken from Yahoo News)

Got this from my dearest friend Jessie. Something so very true and perfectly explains motherhood.

Before I was a Mum

Before I was a Mum
I made and ate hot meals.
I had unstained clothing.
I had quiet conversations on the phone.

Before I was a Mum,
I slept as late as I wanted
And never worried about how late I got into bed.
I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.

Before I was a Mum
I cleaned my house each day.
I never tripped over toys or forgot words of lullabies.

Before I was a Mum
I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations

Before I was a Mum
I had never been puked on
Pooped on
Spit on
Chewed on
Peed on
Or pinched by tiny fingers

Before I was a Mum I had complete control of:
My thoughts
My body
And my mind.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mum
I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mum
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn’t want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn’t stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mum.

Before I was a Mum
I didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn’t know that bond between a Mother and her child.
I didn’t know that something so small
Could make me feel so important.

Before I was a Mum
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
Every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay
I had never known the warmth
The joy
The love
The heartache
The wonder
Or the satisfaction of being a Mum.
I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mum.

I just fired my maid….

Her last 2 months with us have been such a stressful period for me. I have a lil baby to care for, a demanding job (with lotsa late nights), a household to manage and on top of all these, I have a maid for me to babysit!!

They are mostly little petty things but after awhile, things just got too big for me to handle. Anyways, Cairil and I decided to send her straight home when she started to complain about this and that and worse, ignore Isyraf’s needs.

It upsets me just to think about what she’s done etc etc. I thought if I pen it down then I would feel much better. But no, perhaps I should just leave it be and not record such depressing episode in here.

Sleeping is a luxury I don’t have much of lately. Well, I have not had enough of it since the day I started work actually but as I’m now carrying a baby, I seem to be needing more sleep day after day.

I used to be able to stay up till 2am and wake up at 730am without much hassle. But now, I can hardly open my eyes till 10pm. And however early I sleep, it’s always very very difficult to wake up to go to work in the morning. How I wish my office is just 10 minutes drive away. Less stress for the day, definitely.

Cairil gave up on me long time ago I think. I always managed to fall asleep in the middle of a movie. That’s something that has been happening for a very long time

It’s Saturday!!! I am so so relieved that the late nights at work for the past month has ended. Have been counting the days till this day. Something to motivate me to work hard, knowing that a long break awaits….