Learn languages naturally with fresh, real content!

tap to translate recording

Explore By Region

flag UK withheld Blair-Chirac call memo post-Diana’s 1997 death, citing diplomatic concerns.

flag Downing Street withheld a memo of a phone call between Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac after Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a 1997 Paris car crash, citing diplomatic confidentiality as the reason. flag Though numerous other records related to her death and funeral were released under the Freedom of Information Act, officials deemed the conversation “fundamentally not in the public interest,” fearing disclosure could harm future candid international communications. flag The decision followed a 2005 request, one of the first under the FoI Act, with most released documents considered routine and already public. flag Diana died during a paparazzi chase, and Chirac’s delayed response sparked speculation.

139 Articles