Jury watches footage of Dodi picking ring

The Princess Diana inquest jury has watched CCTV footage of her lover Dodi Fayed picking out what his family claim was an engagement ring.Mr Fayed paid a visit to the Paris branch of the famous Monte Carlo jeweller Alberto Repossi just hours before the crash in which the couple were killed on August 31, 1997.The footage shown for the first time at the inquest in the High Court in London shows Dodi standing, surrounded by staff, being shown several items of jewellery.The grainy images show Mr Fayed being taken to a cabinet by Mr Repossi before a selection of pieces are laid out on tables for him to inspect. Diana is not shown with Dodi in the footage.After the brief visit to the exclusive shop he returns to the Imperial Suite at the Ritz Hotel, where the couple spent several hours on the afternoon and evening of August 31 before the fatal crash.Dodi's father, the Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed, says the couple met Mr Repossi earlier that summer to choose a ring which was then sent to be sized in Italy.The ring was from Mr Repossi's "Dis-moi oui" range - meaning "Tell me yes".Mr Fayed was then to collect it that day and present it to Diana as an engagement ring, the jury has heard.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.

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ITN | October 18, 2007

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