The jury in the Diana, Princess of Wales, inquest watched her lover Dodi Fayed picking out what his family say may have been an engagement ring.

Just hours before the crash in which the couple were killed, Dodi paid a visit to the Paris branch of the famous Monte Carlo jeweller Alberto Repossi.

CCTV footage shown for the first time at the inquest in the High Court in London captures Dodi standing, surrounded by staff, being shown several items of jewellery.

The grainy images show Mr Fayed being taken to a cabinet by Mr Repossi before a selection of pieces are laid out on tables for him to inspect.

Diana is not shown with Dodi in the footage, but he returns, after the brief visit to the exclusive shop to the Imperial Suite at the Ritz Hotel, where the couple spent several hours on the afternoon and evening of August 31 1997.

Dodi’s father, the Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed, says the couple met Mr Repossi earlier that summer to chose a ring which was then sent to be sized in Italy.

The ring was from Repossi’s “Dis-moi oui” range – meaning “Tell me yes”.

Mr Fayed was then to collect it that day and present it to Diana as an engagement ring, the jury has heard. (via Press Association)

You can keep up to date with the latest hearing transcripts at the Official Inquest website.

It proved a dramatic day in court yesterday as the coroner began his inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, by immediately appearing to demolish conspiracy theories surrounding the crash, and making public poignant pictures that show her final moments…

The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is finally beginning in full more than 10 years after the Princess was killed.

Coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker will start the proceedings in front of a mass of legal teams and media at the High Court in London. Eleven jurors out of a shortlist of 25 will be sworn in, ready to decide once and for all how one of the world’s most famous women died.

All have been probed on their connections to the Royal Family, Mohamed Al Fayed and the Secret Service, as they prepare to sit on what is perhaps the most high profile inquest in living memory.

Mr Al Fayed, whose son Dodi was killed alongside the Princess, will be there, with his barrister Michael Mansfield QC, ready for the joint inquest. The Harrods owner claims the Princess was pregnant with Dodi’s child and that the couple were murdered in a plot by MI6 and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Diana’s sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Prince William and Prince Harry’s private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton are expected to attend.

William and Harry, who marked the 10th anniversary of their mother’s death this year, have called for a swift resolution to the case, but it looks set to last up to six months. The inquest will examine the mass of theories linked to the crash.

About 20 issues will be addressed, ranging from whether driver Henri Paul was really drunk or on drugs, to whether Diana feared for her life, was really pregnant, or about to marry Dodi. (via Press Association)