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London - New evidence that Britain's Princess Diana was secretly engaged to Dodi Fayed at the time of her death has come to light.
The former wife of the Prince of Wales and her lover were tragically killed in a car accident in 1997, and a German journalist has now come forward to say he saw her picking out a diamond-encrusted ring from an exclusive jeweller in Monte Carlo just a week before the accident.
Dodi is said to have later arranged for the £11 500 ring - from jeweller Repossi's Tell Me Yes range - to be sent to its outlet in Paris, and it was then delivered to his suite at the Paris Ritz hotel just hours before the couple died.
Recalling her spotting of the couple, Trixi Chall - who had retired to Monte Carlo - said she was surprised to see Diana hand-in-hand with a man she had never seen before when she stepped out one morning.
Thank God she's found a man
She told The Express newspaper: "She was so beautiful and so happy and at one point he put his arm around her shoulder and I felt I could cry. I thought to myself, 'Thank God she's found a man'.
"They were dressed very casually and no one paid any attention to them. I was fascinated and he looked kind, which was nice to see. I felt that love was in the air.
"They went to the shop on the left of the Hermitage hotel. They looked in the window and Diana was pointing with her finger at something. I saw them entering the shop."
Signed declaration
Trixi has detailed her account in a signed statutory declaration, and her information ties in with other witness accounts, according to John Morgan, an investigative author who has written several books about Diana's death.
Since the fatal crash which killed Dodi and Diana, there has been much speculation they were engaged at the time of their deaths, and during a 2007 inquest into the couple's death evidence was heard from shop owner Albert Repossi that Diana had tried a ring on.
The former wife of the Prince of Wales and her lover were tragically killed in a car accident in 1997, and a German journalist has now come forward to say he saw her picking out a diamond-encrusted ring from an exclusive jeweller in Monte Carlo just a week before the accident.
Dodi is said to have later arranged for the £11 500 ring - from jeweller Repossi's Tell Me Yes range - to be sent to its outlet in Paris, and it was then delivered to his suite at the Paris Ritz hotel just hours before the couple died.
Recalling her spotting of the couple, Trixi Chall - who had retired to Monte Carlo - said she was surprised to see Diana hand-in-hand with a man she had never seen before when she stepped out one morning.
Thank God she's found a man
She told The Express newspaper: "She was so beautiful and so happy and at one point he put his arm around her shoulder and I felt I could cry. I thought to myself, 'Thank God she's found a man'.
"They were dressed very casually and no one paid any attention to them. I was fascinated and he looked kind, which was nice to see. I felt that love was in the air.
"They went to the shop on the left of the Hermitage hotel. They looked in the window and Diana was pointing with her finger at something. I saw them entering the shop."
Signed declaration
Trixi has detailed her account in a signed statutory declaration, and her information ties in with other witness accounts, according to John Morgan, an investigative author who has written several books about Diana's death.
Since the fatal crash which killed Dodi and Diana, there has been much speculation they were engaged at the time of their deaths, and during a 2007 inquest into the couple's death evidence was heard from shop owner Albert Repossi that Diana had tried a ring on.
