Stop Diana 'circus': Lawmakers

Senior British parliamentarians yesterday urged the judge hearing the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al-Fayed in a Paris car crash to bring the "circus" to a halt.

They expressed concern after up to 10 members of Britain's secret service were summoned to give evidence next week before Lord Justice Scott Baker at the inquest, which has so far cost six million pounds.

"I think it's a total waste of time and money," said former Labour minister George Foulkes, a member of parliament's committee which oversees the work of the intelligence agencies.