Myriah Daniels: The Trickiest Witness At The Diana Inquest

Myriah Daniels, member of Dodi Fayed's staff has proven to be the most difficult of witnesses at the Diana inquest. The woman, employed to heal Dodi, worked on Diana during her stay on the Jonikal, and performed healing on her when Diana was menstruating and suffering from painful period cramps.

Having read her transcript from her evidence, she also admitted the Princess was suffering from constipation on board the Jonikal. Ms Daniels insisted that it was unnecessary to talk about such private and intimate details of the late Princess's life. I disagree with her. As long as Mohammed Al Fayed continues to claim that Diana was pregnant with his grandchild, then yes, these details will have to be made public, no matter how unsavoury they are.

What tickles me, though, is that Ms Daniels, an American, referred to Britain's media saying 'all of your newspapers look like tabloids'. What a snooty attitude to take. It may be wise to remember that most of the most vocal Diana fans, who have insisted she was murdered and have insisted that this inquest take place are American's. Ironically, many of these Americans, who I'm sure take the same tack as Ms Daniels, also rely heavily on the online editions of The Daily Mail, Telegraph, Observer, Mirror et al to gain their royal knowledge, and knowledge of British life and society. I don't feel she has any right at all to criticise our media. Nor, does she have any right to throw her weight around at the inquest. It's not up to her to decide what is tasteful or not. Or what is tacky or not. Her role in this was to go and answer the questions put to her and answer them truthfully. Her opinions on the British media, for instance, are not wanted.

But there is one question I'd really like to put to Ms Daniels. For as much as she plays the Ms High and Mighty role, stating that she really wanted to keep Diana's personal details, such as her menstrual cycle private, why on earth did she go on TV in the summer and talk openly about it in a documentary/drama that was shown across the world.

It seems that answering questions on Diana's menstrual cycle is tacky and disrespectful, unless of course, your offered some money and the chance to be on TV..............................