Diana’s Family Said to Plan to Sue Fayed
LONDON — The family of Princess Diana is planning to sue Harrods owner Mohammed Fayed for at least $13.3 million over her death in a high-speed car crash in Paris in August, the Sunday Times said.
The sum is the amount of the inheritance tax bill on the $34.9 million she left to her sons, Princes William and Harry, the paper said.
It said advisors to the princess’ estate were also considering a claim for a further $41.5 million that would have accrued on her wealth had she lived to old age.
“One of the effects of her death has been to trigger an inheritance tax liability,†the newspaper quoted a royal source as saying.
“The tangible figure is the tax liability, perhaps with some sort of interest accumulator because of the early incidence of [her death]. The tax has become payable maybe 30 years earlier than it should have been,†the source continued.
The car in which the 36-year-old Diana died was driven by Henri Paul, an employee of the Ritz hotel in Paris, which is owned by Fayed. Fayed’s son Dodi, Diana’s suitor, was also killed in the crash, as was Paul.
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