Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed says he is "delighted" after French authorities were criticised over the investigation into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and his son Dodi. Skip related content
Related photos / videos
Compensation for Al Fayed over Diana delay
Judges at one of France's highest civil courts ordered the French state to pay Mr Al Fayed, whose son died alongside the Princess in a Paris car crash in August 1997, almost 5,000 pounds in compensation for the delays.
There were problems in establishing that Henri Paul, the couple's driver, was drunk at the time of the accident and a mix-up with his post mortem examination, and especially with his blood tests, created "unnecessary delays in the investigation", the judges said in a ruling on Wednesday.
Mr Al Fayed said: "I am delighted that the French court has recognised that I have been denied justice.
"The two pathologists have been condemned for mixing up the blood samples and slowing down the investigation. It supports my view that there was a cover up by the French and an attempt to conceal the truth."
He also repeated his belief that the inquiry should have been treated as a murder investigation.
A couple have revealed the unusual birthplace that inspired their baby girl's name - not Brooklyn or Paris .
