Scotland Yard on Tuesday said that it has found “no credible evidence” to support a claim that the British Special Forces were involved in the tragic death of Princess Diana in a 1997 Paris car crash.

Britain’s Metropolitan Police had received material in August about the deaths of the Princess of Wales and her partner Dodi Al-Fayed in the car crash, which media reports suggested related to claims the Special Air Service (SAS) was involved.

New material had been reportedly passed to the police by an Army source after the allegations were made by the former wife of an SAS soldier, named only as Soldier N.

The police said that having conducted a “scoping exercise” there was no basis to open a criminal investigation.

A statement from the police said its assessment included “taking statements from a number of individuals and reviewing records”.

It said the investigating officers were given “unprecedented access” to Special Forces Directorate records.

“Every reasonable line of enquiry was objectively pursued in order to fully evaluate any potential evidence. The final conclusion is that whilst there is a possibility the alleged comments in relation to the SAS’ involvement in the deaths may have been made, there is no credible evidence to support a theory that such claims had any basis in fact,” the statement said.

“Therefore the MPS are satisfied there is no evidential basis upon which to open any criminal investigation or to refer the matter back to HM Coroner,” it concluded.

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Scotland Yard last night said they were assessing the credibility of new information relating to the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed including an allegation that they were murdered by a member of the British military.

It said it was ‘scoping’ the information, which surfaced in the second court martial of Sergeant Danny Nightingale, the SAS sniper convicted of illegally stashing a pistol and 338 bullets in his bedroom.

The allegation was contained in a letter from the parents-in-law of Soldier N, Sgt Nightingale’s former housemate, which was sent to the SAS’s commanding officer in September 2011.

It is understood the information was passed to the Metropolitan Police through the Royal Military Police.

The letter says Soldier N claimed the SAS ‘was behind Princess Diana’s death’ and it had been ‘covered up’, the Sunday People has reported.

The letter said: ‘He (soldier N) also told her (his wife) that it was XXX who arranged Princess Diana’s death and that has been covered up.’

A statement issued by Scotland Yard said: ‘The Metropolitan Police Service is scoping information that has recently been received in relation to the deaths and assessing its relevance and credibility.

‘The assessment will be carried out by officers from the specialist crime and operations command.

‘This is not a re-investigation and does not come under Operation Paget.’

Police said they are not prepared to discuss the matter further, while a royal spokeswoman said there will be no comment on the matter from Prince William or Prince Harry, or from Clarence House.

Diana, Dodi and chauffeur Henri Paul died after their Mercedes crashed in the tunnel, which left the Ritz Hotel on the morning of August 31 1997.

The hearing into the deaths of Diana and Dodi lasted more than 90 days with evidence from around 250 witnesses.

The inquests concluded on April 7, 2008, with a jury returning a verdict that the ‘People’s Princess’ and her boyfriend were unlawfully killed.

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