British jurors were shown photos of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi Al Fayed, which caught their last moments before the car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997 on the first day of the inquest into their deaths on Wednesday, CNN reported.

In the next few days the jury is to see more images from the Ritz Hotel, which the couple visited before the accident, as well as such from inside the Pont d'Alma tunnel, where the crash took place.

Video evidence, including CCTV footage, will be also showed on the inquest's second day.

It may never be known for certain whether Princess Diana was pregnant when she died, a British coroner said.

"Jurors will hear "intimate" details of the princess' personal life," Lord Justice Scott Baker said.

The inquest to establish cause of death is expected to be a six-month process.

Next week, the jury is scheduled to travel to Paris to see the crash site, along the River Siene. They are also expected to hear testimony from the paparazzi who were present after the accident.

Fayed's father, Mohammed Al Fayed, has contended from the start that Diana and his son were murdered because the royal family "could not accept that an Egyptian Muslim could eventually be step-father to the future king of England," referring to Diana's son Prince William.

"I'm hoping for justice," Al Fayed said outside court. "At last, we're going to have a jury from ordinary people and I hope to reach the decision which I believe that my son and Princess Diana have been murdered by the royal family."

Diana, 36, and 42-year-old Dodi Fayed were killed on August 31, 1997 when the Mercedes-Benz they were traveling in hit a pillar in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris.

They were being pursued at the time by the paparazzi after leaving the Ritz Hotel. Driver Henri Paul, who was also killed, was drunk and driving at high speed. Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was the sole survivor.

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