Neilan, Terence (8 June 1999). "World Briefing". New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021 . Retrieved 15 February 2013. a b Palmer, Richard (8 April 2008). "Diana: Why the conspiracy theories died". Daily Express . Retrieved 19 October 2016. In 2009, MI6 agreed to allow Tomlinson to return to Britain, unfreeze royalties from his book and drop the threat of charges. MI6 also apologised for his mistreatment. [7] Staff at MI6 have been allowed employment tribunals since 2000, and have been able to unionise since 2008. [8] Early life [ edit ] Mandela rages at Tomlinson's claim of MI6 link". The Guardian. 27 January 2001 . Retrieved 3 December 2012.

The main players in a tragic story: what we now know". The Independent. London. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007 . Retrieved 22 October 2007.

Radnofsky, Louise (20 February 2008). "MI6 did not assassinate Diana, ex-chief tells inquest". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 April 2020.

In August 1998, Tomlinson left the United Kingdom for France, and shortly afterwards moved to New Zealand. [36] Later that month he was deported from the United States, and in October 1998 he moved to Switzerland, before being expelled in June 1999 after the Swiss authorities described his presence there as "undesirable". [4] [53] He moved to Germany until he was hounded out by officials, whereupon he moved to Italy. [4] In 2001 he left Rimini in Italy, where he had been working as a waiter and a snowboarding instructor, for the south of France near Cannes where he worked as a yacht broker for BCR Yachts. [54] From 2006 to 2007, Tomlinson maintained a series of blogs detailing his treatment. [55] His Riviera home was raided by police in 2006. [56] The three-month operation of the Truefax news agency resulted in not a single military secret being obtained and it was closed down, according to extracts from Tomlinson's book, The Big Breach, published in Russia yesterday. Mr Korovin and Narodny Variant, the publishing company set up solely for the Tomlinson book project, have been leaking snippets to Komsomolskaya Pravda, the best-selling Moscow tabloid, and on to the internet, thus releasing more of its contents in to the public domain and increasing pressure on MI6 and the courts to allow the book to be issued in Britain. Badshah, Nadeem (19 June 2021). "Police interviewed Prince Charles over 'plot to kill Diana' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 June 2021. Palmer, Richard (14 February 2008). "Diana death crash was 'just like a plot by MI6' ". Daily Express . Retrieved 19 October 2016.In 1957, Tomlinson married Heather Margaret Murphy. Together they had four children: three sons and one daughter. His wife has predeceased him, dying in 2009. [2] Honours [ edit ]

It was disclosed in 2006 that Lord Stevens had met with Paul's elderly parents telling them that their son was not drunk. [23] Just prior to Stevens's appearance at the inquest, a source close to Stevens stated that this inconsistency could be explained as him being "considerate" and "sensitive" towards the elderly couple, [23] an assessment Scott Baker suggested might be credible in his opening comments to the jury. [24] Under cross-examination at the British inquest in 2008, Stevens denied "deliberately misleading" Paul's parents and said that the chauffeur's condition at the time of the crash did not match the police's definition of being drunk, which he said relied upon someone's physical responses. [25] Stevens said that the available evidence suggested Paul had consumed only two alcoholic drinks, but this was not necessarily all that Paul had consumed, and that he was "under the influence" of alcohol at the time of the crash. [25] An expert cited in the report estimated that Paul had drunk the equivalent of five measures of Ricard, his favourite liquorice-flavoured French aperitif, before driving. [26] Tomlinson worked in the "SOV/OPS" department, operating during the ending phases of the Cold War against the Soviet Union. [18] He was posted to a diplomatic role in Moscow, and was one of the agents responsible for the retrieval of the valuable Mitrokhin Archive in 1992. [18] From March 1992 until September 1993, he worked in the Eastern European Controllerate of MI6 under the staff designation of UKA/7. [19] [20] Whilst working there, it was discovered that the Conservative Party had been receiving donations from Serbian supporters. [20] In November 1993, he joined the Balkans Controllerate, and was posted to Sarajevo for six months as the MI6 representative in Bosnia during the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. [2] There he was a "targeting officer", with a mission to identify potential informants and gather intelligence. [20] A soldier who escorted Tomlinson to Bosnia described him as a "liability", a "sulk" and "totally unprofessional", although Tomlinson has disputed this. [21] a b Orr, James (26 November 2007). "Diana's body showed no signs of pregnancy, says pathologist". The Guardian . Retrieved 4 September 2022. At the Coroner's Inquest into the death of the Princess, on 13 February 2008, speaking by video-link from France, Tomlinson conceded that, after the interval of 16 or 17 years, he "could not remember specifically" whether the document he had seen during 1992 had in fact proposed the use of a strobe light to cause a traffic accident as a means of assassinating Milošević, although use of lights for this purpose had been covered in his MI6 training. [52] On being told that no MI6 file on Henri Paul had been found, Tomlinson said that it "would be absurd after 17 years to say I can positively disagree with it, but... I do not think the fact that they did not manage to find a file rules out anything either". [52] He said he believed MI6 had an informant at the Paris Ritz but he could not be certain that this person was necessarily Henri Paul. [52] Post-MI6 activities [ edit ] A foreign office spokesman said it would be 'inappropriate' to comment further since there were 'obvious legal implications.' Though Whitehall did not name Mr Tomlinson as the source, they made clear that in their view he was the culprit.Argos and the Argolid: From the End of the Bronze Age to the Roman Occupation (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1972) ISBN 0801407133 Camel Trophy Owners Club - Camel Trophy 1990 - Siberia USSR". Archived from the original on 25 December 2016 . Retrieved 3 December 2009. a b "Express Claims Diana's Seatbelt May Have Been 'Sabotaged' ". The Royalist. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Clifford Chance has ‘excellent’ expertise and is particularly recommended for the most complex projects. The firm often advises export credit agencies and commercial lenders on the financing of Africa’s largest power projects and also assists state entities; acts on projects in France and Europe, covering oil and gas, conventional energy and renewables, as well as transport and other infrastructure in France and Africa. Highlights included advising the Maltese government on the development and financing of a 215MW gas-fired power plant and an LNG storage and degasification facility, as well as assisting the lenders with the financing of the 450MW Azura-Edo IPP project in Nigeria. Anthony Giustini, Daniel Zerbib and public law expert David Préat are market-leading figures, as is the ‘very responsive and highly knowledgeable’ Nikolaï Eatwell. Delphine Siino Courtin, ‘dealmaker’ Benjamin de Blegiers and Richard Tomlinson are also recommended."

Tomlinson is the first secret service officer to be convicted of passing official secrets and the first person to be prosecuted under the 1989 Official Secrets Act. Donaldson James, Susan (28 August 2009). "Princess Diana's Death Offers Lessons for Health Care Debate, 12 Years Later". ABC News . Retrieved 4 September 2022. Clifford Chance is ‘the best in town and gives clients real value for money’. The firm provides ‘superb in-depth analysis and knowledge of project finance’ and its ‘ability to link legal and commercial aspects is outstanding’. The Paris hub stands out for its top capabilities on both domestic and international projects and is involved in several of France, Europe and Africa’s landmark power, hydropower, gas, renewables and pipeline projects including major domestic offshore projects and brownfield transactions. Abroad, the practice is assisting the Maltese Government with a 215MW gas-fired power plant and a LNG storage and degasification facility project. The first-class team is led by Anthony Giustini, Nikolaï Eatwell and Daniel Zerbib. David Préat is a key name for public law matters in France and abroad. Also strongly recommended are Delphine Siino Courtin and Benjamin de Blegiers, who is ‘a must when it comes to M&A transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector’. Richard Tomlinson is another name to note."On being told that no MI6 file on Henri Paul had been found, Tomlinson said that it "would be absurd after 17 years to say I can positively disagree with it, but...I do not think the fact that they did not manage to find a file rules out anything either". He said he believed MI6 had an informant at the Paris Ritz but he could not be certain, and had never claimed (despite having said so in former interviews), that that person was necessarily Henri Paul. [10] The Increment