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John was extremely generous and helpful to our film research, right from the 

outset, and as volumes of his books appeared, we were able to incorporate parts of 

his research into our script. In return (because we were based in London and had 

reporters present at every day of the inquest), we were able to send him reports 

from inside the courtroom, in particular telling him about the ways in which the 

coroner was quietly manipulating the evidence, and how the ladies and gentlemen 

of the press (with a few honourable exceptions) were not even listening to the 

mounting evidence of conspiracy and cover-up.

From their conversations (many of which we eavesdropped upon), it was 

obvious that most journalists were incapable of even considering the possibility 

that the Royal family (and key members of the British Establishment who 

surround that family, and derive their power from it) might have organised the 

death of a rebellious and troublesome princess, and they had therefore decided 

before the inquest had even begun, that the whole event was a waste of time. Their 

coverage, therefore, reflected that closed state of mind.

Thanks in part to John’s meticulous research, our film was completed and 

was shown with great success at numerous film festivals, after which it received 

the great accolade of being banned. But thanks to the Internet, it has now been 

watched by millions of people, and (so we are told) has generally been favourably 

received.

But, of course, film is not a footnotes medium, and it is John’s series of 

meticulously documented books that has shown in detail precisely how the killings 

and cover-ups were executed, leaving the British Establishment with no wriggle 

room to evade responsibility for their own crimes. As someone who has written a 

Ph.D. dissertation and several academic books for Oxford University Press (about 

music), I can recognise the painstaking attention to detail that marks out the work 

of a true scholar. John’s books are works that we can all trust.

That’s the professional side of my relationship with John, which was of 

enormous value to me. 

But just as valuable was the friendship I unexpectedly 

struck up with John and Lana, as our emails criss-crossed the 

planet over the next eight years.

Despite his illness, and despite the seriousness of purpose 

which his books required, John proved to be a very amusing 

and eclectic friend with whom to correspond, with interests 

in music, comedy, sport, and much else. Because of the time 

difference between Australia and the UK, his emails would 

usually arrive overnight, and waking up to find an email from 

him in my inbox was always a great way to start the day.

John’s legacy will be his books, of course, and those stand 

as testimony to his dedication, intelligence, and desire for the 

truth. Those books remain, but today we’re celebrating the 

part of John that has departed, and is now flying free.

John’s life was too short, and much of it was devastated 

by a cruel illness. But with Lana’s love and tireless assistance, 

and his own tenacity and courage, he turned his adversity into 

a quest for the truth which stands as an example to us all.

Lots of love to you, John, to Lana, and to everyone 

gathered on the beach to celebrate his life and his passing.

Publicity poster for the film Unlawful Killing 

shows the crushed car of Princess Diana 

and Dodi Fayed.

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Appreciation on website

After the state-sponsored unlawful killing of Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed, 

and Henri Paul in 1997, the British and French authorities spent ten years in a 

cover-up of what had taken place. When widespread public disquiet made further 

concealment impossible, they then held a six-month public inquest which gave the 

appearance of openness, but in reality sought to bury the truth beneath a vast and 

bewildering quantity of information, much of it irrelevant or misleading. 

In his series of books, John Morgan has performed an invaluable public 

service by organising this information into a systematic and comprehensible 

form. He augments it with hundreds of damning official documents which the 

inquest jury were prevented from seeing. In so doing, he skewers the many 

lies through which the coroner and police hoped to pass off the deaths as mere 

accidents. Morgan shows beyond all reasonable doubt how MI6 and the British 

Establishment (aided by members of French and U.S. secret services) planned and 

executed the demise of a rebellious and troublesome princess, whose popularity 

was threatening the stability of the British royal family.

Jon Conway

Playwright, author of Truth, Lies, Diana (page 5)

Tribute, 14 February 2016

As a producer, writer and director, I have 

worked on every continent and met some amazing 

people, Hollywood legends, sports stars, politicians, 

not to mention Royalty, though, given our views, 

perhaps best not to mention Royalty!

Few ever struck me as amazing as John Morgan. 

The astonishing forensic detail of his research, the 

concise clarity of his prose is remarkable enough, 

but given the relentless handicap of his illness, the 

quality of his work is beyond belief. So much so, that 

when we staged Truth, Lies, Diana in London, we made a decision not to mention 

it. Frankly, we felt audiences would not believe that a couple could overcome such 

odds and complete the level of work achieved. 

I say a couple, because Lana was always in the background, just out of 

Skype view in our conversations, always supportive, ready to chime in, a tower of 

strength, she too a most remarkable person. 

Our working relationship developed into a friendship, made all the more 

poignant in that we never met in person, but phoned and Skyped our way through 

hours of discussion. I waited in slight trepidation when I sent John my first draft of 

the play, because so much was based upon him and his work. His positive reaction 

was the greatest accolade I could wish for. His wish for me to continue the work 

that he told me frankly extended his life and gave him a purpose for living, was 

humbling. 

I loved the fact his email [address] was “shining bright”. Not only did his 

version of the truth shine bright; his courage and talent shone like a beacon over a 

sea of deception and corruption. An honour to have known him and helped carry 

his message for the truth.

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Michael Mansfield, QC

Barrister, represented the Al-Fayed family at the 2007-08 inquest

Appreciation on website

I have read all of the books that John Morgan has 

produced. During the inquests … I referred to the books 

that he had then published. Others have come out since. 

All of John Morgan’s books are packed with the most 

incredible detail and the most careful analysis. He picks 

up the points that other authors have missed. He reaches 

compelling conclusions and offers telling comments. 

Of all the many books written about this case, Mr 

Morgan’s are by far the most detailed and analytical. His 

singular devotion to his subject is extraordinary and, I 

think, an object lesson to other authors who have produced books based upon this 

terrible tragedy.

I have no doubt that the volumes written by John Morgan will come to be regarded 

as the Magnum Opus on the crash in the tunnel that resulted in the unlawful killing of 

Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al-Fayed, and the cover-up that followed.

I give all credit to Mr Morgan for the work that he’s done, because no one has 

examined this case as thoroughly as he has. The fact that he has done so when he is 

suffering from serious illness makes his achievement all the more remarkable.

Mohamed Al-Fayed

Businessman, father of crash victim Dodi Fayed

Appreciation on website

John Morgan’s books are highly impressive works of forensic enquiry and 

immensely helpful to the cause of truth. The way in which he has cross-referenced 

evidence and weighed the testimony of witnesses provides new insights into the way in 

which Princess Diana and my son Dodi died and why. His comments and conclusions 

raise important new questions that demand answers. 

When I said I accepted the verdicts of “unlawful killing” following the inquests into 

the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi, I was hoping that in time new information would 

be revealed. I believe that John Morgan has done more to expose the facts of this case 

than the police in France and Britain. He has shown how vital evidence was suppressed 

or simply hidden from the jury, how witnesses were either not heard at all or not asked 

the right questions and how the so-called investigators were more interested in covering 

up what really happened, than in honestly delving for the truth.

The fact that he carried out his epic work at [a time] when he is in very poor 

health is nothing less than heroic. I salute John Morgan and I thank him. He has 

performed a service to anyone in the world who cared and continues to care about 

Princess Diana and my son.

Michael Cole

Former Harrods director of public affairs, former BBC correspondent

Appreciation on website

John Morgan knows more about the crash in Paris in which Diana, Princess of Wales, 

and Dodi Al-Fayed were killed than anyone in the world outside Mohamed Al-Fayed’s 

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family and closest advisers. Morgan’s investigations of what happened in the early hours 

of 31 August 1997, and the cover-up that followed, provide the best body of evidence for 

anyone who really wants to know what happened, who did what and why. His tireless 

examination of all the evidence, in France and Britain, is quite outstanding. His meticulous, 

almost forensic approach to all the available records have been rightly praised by Michael 

Mansfield, QC, one of the most respected barristers of his generation and a constant 

champion of the underdog. 

John Morgan has an exceptional mind in a body that, sadly, has been weakened 

by ill health. But from his home in Queensland, Australia, he has achieved remarkable 

things by delving into the secrets that the British police and legal establishment have tried 

exceptionally hard to keep hidden from public view. In his relentless pursuit of the truth, 

John Morgan has done an immense public service which I hope will be properly recognised 

when all the facts about this enduring tragedy are finally laid bare.

Articles by Sue Reid in the popular Daily Mail newspaper brought John Morgan’s findings to a broad audience in 

Great Britain. She wrote in the newspaper on 14 Jan. 2015, discussing Jon Conway’s play Truth, Lies, Diana, “I have 

also investigated the events that led up to the crash and what happened afterwards. I have spoken to eyewitnesses, 

British and French police, MI6 officers based in Paris that night, friends of Diana and Dodi, and hospital medics in 

the French capital who tried to save her life. Despite the official line that the crash was a terrible accident, many are 

still convinced she was killed … and that shadowy figures in the British Establishment have covered up the truth.”

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Solution—What Australia must do!

For the last three decades successive Australian govern-

ments have privatised more infrastructure than they have built; 

consequently the nation has an infrastructure deficit of more 

than $700 billion. A national bank should fund a program of 

infrastructure development, to increase Australia’s econom-

ic productivity and create hundreds of thousands of high-

wage jobs. Projects should include: water systems to mitigate 

droughts and floods; modern railways employing high-speed 

rail technology, such as magnetic-levitation and vacuum tube 

(e.g. Hyperloop), both for public transport systems within cit-

ies and passenger/freight transport between cities; reliable 

baseload electricity generators (publicly-owned and operat-

ed), utilising Australia’s abundant reserves of hydroelectrici-

ty, coal and gas, and uranium and thorium.

1. Glass-Steagall banking separation

The first step is an emergency measure to protect the real economy from the 

looming crash caused by wild financial speculation. Glass-Steagall is the name 

of the American law that separated commercial banks that serve everyday people 

and ordinary businesses by taking deposits and making loans, from investment 

banks that speculate in securities. For the 66 years Glass-Steagall was in force, 

from 1933 to 1999, there were no systemic banking crises in the USA; its repeal 

enabled banks to become Too Big To Fail (TBTF), and use deposits to massively 

expand their speculation in dangerous financial bets called derivatives, which in 

just nine years caused the 2008 crash. Glass-Steagall in Australia will break up the 

Big Four TBTF banks, which are all addicted to derivatives gambling, so that the banks 

that Australians use for their everyday business are protected from the crash of the 

derivatives bubble. As deposits won’t be used for speculation, more credit will be 

available for lending to productive small businesses, farmers etc. in the real economy.

2. A government-owned national bank

Glass-Steagall will stop banks 

from siphoning credit from the real 

economy for speculation, but to 

generate the credit Australia needs 

to rebuild our economy and pro-

ductive industries, Australia must 

establish a national bank. Private 

banks extend credit for their prof-

it; a government-owned national 

bank, like the original Common-

wealth Bank, issues credit for the 

nation’s profit, especially into long-

term investments in infrastructure 

that shouldn’t be based on finan-

cial profit. The national bank would 

also make low-interest loans to pro-

ductive manufacturing, agriculture 

and engineering industries which 

create wealth by value-adding to 

our resources.

3. Nation-building infrastructure

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What you can do

1. 

Join us. Call the CEC on 1800 636 432 for ideas to organise for Glass-Steagall

2. 

Get signatures on the petition to the Australian Parliament

   

Download at: www.cecaust.com.au/glass-steagall/2016_PetitionGS.pdf

3.  

Sign the online petition for Glass-Steagall at Change.org

    

www.change.org/p/break-up-the-big-banks-now-pass-glass-steagall

Break up the big banks now—pass Glass-Steagall! 

TO THE HONOURABLE THE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

This petition of the Citizens Electoral Council draws to the attention of the House that 

even such institutions as the IMF, the Bank for International Settlements, and the U.S. Fed-

eral Reserve are now warning of a new, far more severe financial crash than that of 2008.  

Transatlantic and Commonwealth governments have bailed out the Too-Big-to-Fail 

(TBTF) banks with US$19 trillion since 2008, virtually all of which has been used for 

speculation; the banks are now 40 per cent larger; and the derivatives exposure of Austra-

lia’s own banks has soared from $14 trillion in 2008 to $38 trillion now.  Moreover, these 

TBTF banks have repeatedly been caught in criminal activity like drug-money laundering, 

terrorism financing, mortgage fraud, interest rate and exchange rate rigging, and more.

The world must replace this disastrous, corrupt system now, before the next crash.

We the undersigned therefore call on the House to do Australia’s part, and legislate the 

following: 

1) a full Glass-Steagall separation of Australia’s banks to protect normal commercial 

banking and deposits from the wild speculation of today’s TBTF banks;

2) a national bank modelled on the original Commonwealth Bank to create massive 

new credits to revive our manufacturing, agricultural and other productive industries;

3) a program of major water, power and transportation infrastructure projects, in Aus-

tralia and in our region, cooperating with China’s “One Belt, One Road” program—in 

which 100 nations are already participating—to spur global economic recovery and 

provide for an enduring peace.

PETITION