Was the bodyguard Diana fell in love with bumped off On the National Police Roll of Honour, which pays tribute to 5,0. Barry Albert Mannakee. UV0BlSLTvrc/UfQJL8tyJnI/AAAAAAAAAAA/QqWYUct1W48/s1600/Bodyguard-A-New-Beginning-2009-Wide-Screen-Front-Cover-13051.jpg' alt='Bodyguard: A New Beginning Full Movie' title='Bodyguard: A New Beginning Full Movie' />It states simply that he died in a traffic collision in May 1. The former royal protection officer left a wife, Susan, a self employed reflexologist, and two teenage daughters, Clare and Michelle. An inquest two months later decided his death was caused on a rainy evening in an accident between a Suzuki motorbike on which he was riding pillion and a Ford Fiesta driven by 1. Nicola Chopp, who had recently passed her driving test. There the tragic matter might have rested but for the fact that someone in a very high place was grieving for Mannakee. For the 3. 9 year old policeman had, until a few months before, been Princess Dianas bodyguard and, in royal circles, they were thought to be lovers. Bodyguard Barry Mannakee and Princess Diana were thought to be having an affair When told of the fatal crash by Prince Charles, she is said to have wept uncontrollably. The Prince informed his wife of the death as they were on their way to the Cannes Film Festival. Diana, then 2. 5, is said to have frozen in horror. TycbAN7t104jmh3XSTbyb3G7hV.jpg' alt='Bodyguard: A New Beginning Full Movie' title='Bodyguard: A New Beginning Full Movie' />Weekend box office analysis shows Ryan Reynolds Hitmans Bodyguard is set to top box office with 17 millionplus against Logan Lucky. Fifth Harmony Drops Inspiring New Song Can You See For Holiday Movie The Star Alexis Skyy Confirms Fetty Wap Is Her Baby Daddy Masika Slams. She tore at her clothes and scratched at her arms and legs, quite inconsolable. During the flight to Cannes, she could not stop crying and on arrival, her gown had to be adjusted by her lady in waiting and dresser to cover the damage she had inflicted on her own body. Of course, her torment was not known to the outside world. Details of her close relationship with the 6ft tall East End Jack the Lad, whose father was a Ford car worker at Dagenham, emerged only some seven years later. It followed Dianas comments on a series of videos, parts of which became public, that she made to her speech coach, Peter Settelen, when she had recently separated from Prince Charles and was emotionally vulnerable. As well as discussing her sex life and her husbands relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, she admitted she fell deeply in love with someone very close. Diana didnt name Mannakee but referred to him as somebody who worked in this environment, adding He was the greatest fellow I have ever had. I was always waiting around trying to see him. Um, I just, you know, wore my heart on my sleeve. I was only happy when he was around. Watch Compadres Online Compadres Full Movie Online. Asked by Settelen if he provided the intimacy you werent getting, she replied Yeah. The Princess went on I was quite happy to give it all up her royal life, just to go off and live with him. Can you believe it Laughing at the memory, she continued And he kept saying he thought it was a good idea, too. An inquest decided Mannakees death was caused on a rainy evening in an accident between a Suzuki motorbike on which he was riding pillion and a Ford Fiesta driven by 1. Nicola Chopp, who had recently passed her driving test. Sensationally, the Princess went on to say of his death I think he was bumped off. Of course, there have been conspiracy theories that the car crash in Paris which led to Dianas own death was staged deliberately because she was with the unsuitable Dodi Fayed. But until the Settelen videotape was shown on American TV in 2. Mannakees end was anything other than an accident had never been taken seriously. Whats more, Diana dramatically claimed on the tape made in the early Nineties that the death had been deliberately arranged by secret service agents because of their romance. This weekend, more than 3. East London, the Princesss video taped claims are being broadcast for the first time on British TV, in the Channel 4 documentary Diana In Her Own Words. Dianas friends and her brother, Earl Spencer, have bitterly criticised the programme as intrusive and damaging to her two sons. So, what is the truth about Sergeant Barry Mannakees demise Diana hoped to keep their relationship secret while he was her bodyguard. But Palace staff found out was going on. Mannakee, who was married, was 3. Kensington Palace as the Princesss personal protection officer in 1. Prince Harry and when Diana and Charless marriage was already in difficulty. The night before Prince Andrew and Sarah Fergusons wedding in July 1. Diana kissed her two sons goodnight and headed towards her drawing room in Kensington Palace. Waiting there for her was Mannakee. The two were alone together when a senior member of Charless staff unexpectedly popped his head around the door, a Palace source has since said. He found the Princess and her detective in a compromising situation. There were already rumours about the unusual friendship. They had been spotted driving alone on the hills above Balmoral the year before. Mannakee had given her a brown teddy bear which she kept on her bed. No wonder tongues were wagging. Within hours of the incident on the eve of the Yorks wedding, Charles was informed by a courtier of his wifes suspected dalliance. Im told that a few days later, the Queen was made aware of the allegation by her deputy private secretary, Dianas brother in law Sir Robert Fellowes. Not surprisingly, Mannakee was summoned before his superiors and accused of being over familiar with the Princess. He was sacked from all royal duties and switched to the Diplomatic Protection squad pushed out of Dianas life for good. Less than a year later, on a wet Thursday evening of May 1. At the time, Diana suspected something was amiss. On the video tape recorded later by her voice coach, she says of Mannakee It was all found out and he was chucked out. Then he was killed. I think he was bumped off. But, um, there we are. She told close friends of her suspicions, too. At the inquest into her death, Hasnat Khan, the heart surgeon who became Dianas lover after her marriage ended, revealed Diana was convinced that Barry Mannakee was murdered in a motorbike accident. She felt it was not normal for a motorbike to have this kind of collision. She was very upset at the way Charles chose to tell her about his death. They were on an official visit and it was impossible for her to show her emotions. Also, Ken Wharfe, a later bodyguard to Diana, told the inquest into her death that Mannakee had developed red carpet fever by becoming too familiar with Diana. He said Other members of the royal household were rather jealous of his relationship with the Princess and below stairs whispers move at a fairly fast pace.