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Diana and Elvis shot JFK!

THE WORLD'S TOP CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Answer the questions

1. When and what was the event?

The death of Princess Diana in a car crash on August 31st 1997.
2. How many theories are mentioned? Write a list of the different ones in note form.
Four theories are mentioned: an MI6 plot to protect the monarchy; a murder plot by
florists to sell flowers; a hoax so that Diana and her boyfriend Dodi could live together
on a tropical island; a plot by a member of the Royal family to kill Diana ( by tampering
with the car's brakes ), so that Charles, the Prince of Wales could marry again.
3. What proof is given to support them?
Diana was fed up with intrusions into her private life.
We never saw the body.
Diana wrote to her butler predicting her own death in a car crash.(according to the
butler).
4. What reasons are suggested for hiding the true facts?
To protect the monarchy. To enable Diana and Dodi to live in peaceful isolation.
5. Which people, individual or groups, are mentioned in relation to the event?
Florists, Dodi Fayed and the Fayed family; Paul Burrell (Diana's butler); the Royal
family; the prince of Wales (Prince Charles).

Vocabulary work

Find words in your text to replace those in italics. Explain them to the others in your group.

Diana

1- The huge number of websites is absolutely amazing.

The huge number of websites is breathtaking.
2- The florists devised a clever but wicked plot to murder Diana.
The florists thought up a fiendish plot to murder Diana.
3- The car crash was a carefully planned trick.
The car crash was elaborate hoax.
4- I don't believe any of these theories.
I don't buy into any of these theories.
5- Someone in the royal family devised a plot to interfere with the brakes.
Someone in the royal family hatched a plot to tamper with the brakes.