Ex SAS Soldier Who Claimed Princess Diana Killed by Colleagues Mysteriously Disappears.

The investigation into Princess Diana and Dodi's deaths is set to be called off [PA]

The ex-Harrods boss has long believed Diana and his son Dodi, 42, who died in a car crash in Paris, were victims of a death plot.

Mr Al Fayed, 84, was said to be in pieces yesterday after an ex-SAS soldier who claimed Diana been killed by his colleagues mysteriously disappeared.

Princess Diana as she was being removed from the Accident Site

The hunt is now on for "Soldier N" , who claimed the car's driver was blinded by a laser shone by rogue SAS agents on a motorbike.

Police were hoping to interview him as they planned to launch a new investigation into Diana's death.

Missing A source close to Mr Al Fayed said last night: "It is disappointing to think that somebody who seems to have highly relevant information has left the country in this way.

"The fact that he's gone missing could be an indication that his story is credible.

Mohamed Al-Fayed has long since believed Princess Diana and his son, Dodi, were murdered [GETTY]

“The fact that he's gone missing could be an indication that his story is credible”

Mohamed Al Fayed

"We just want everybody to do what they should do, give the evidence to the relevant authorities so that it can be properly examined "In due course, we hope the truth will be arrived at, because it is certainly not true that it was an accident."

Soldier N had been due to meet with Scotland Yard detective DCI Philip Easton this week.

But he is thought to have fled to Dubai, just days before he was due to be ques-tioned. A source close to the investigation said: "Soldier N is key to this inquiry as he is the person who made the claims about Diana's murder.

"Pressure on him has been mounting. He was aware police wanted to interview him. No-one can be sure why he has gone."

Yesterday a Scotland Yard spokesman said they had begun a "scoping exercise" into the claims.

But without Soldier N many believe any new investigation will collapse.

The claims came as Di's former butler Paul Burrell claimed that she dated Dodi to enrage her heart-surgeon former lover.

Paul, 55, claimed Dr Hasnat Khan, 54, ignored her bids to make him jealous.

He added: "Everything was her way of saying to Hasnat: 'I still love you.'"