Diana murder mystery solved The latest theory is that the driver of the Mercedes, Henri Paul, was actually a sardar whose family migrated to France when he was 3 yrs old. His name was Harvinder Singh Pal, and later he changed it to Henri Paul. But what is in a name, after all ! Once a surd, always a surd ! And so when the Paparazzi chasing the car shouted Diana, Diana , at 80 mph , Harvinder tried to take a right turn. (daina right in hindi ........... The rest, as they say, is history !!....................)