PARIS -- A Paris appeals court fined three photographers a little more than a dollar each for invasion of privacy by taking pictures of Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed the night of their fatal 1997 car crash, officials said Wednesday.

The appeals court fined the photographers a symbolic one euro in a Friday ruling that was not announced until Wednesday. It also ordered the photographers to pay for announcements of their conviction in three newspapers or magazines.

Jacques Langevin, Christian Martinez and Fabrice Chassery were among the media swarm pursuing the car carrying Diana and Fayed across Paris before it slammed into the pillar of a traffic tunnel along the River Seine on Aug. 31, 1997.

Fayed's father, Egyptian-born billionaire Mohammed Al Fayed, filed the invasion of privacy complaint. Diana's relatives and the British royal family were not plaintiffs.

The judges in the appeals court determined that the photographers invaded Fayed's privacy by shooting photos of the couple emerging from the Ritz Hotel and images of Fayed in the crashed car. The photos were confiscated and not published.

Langevin, Martinez and Chassery were acquitted of the invasion of privacy charge in 2003 after judges said a crashed vehicle on a public highway is not a private area.

But France's highest court disagreed in an April ruling and sent the case to the Paris appeals court for review.

Chassery's lawyer, Jean-Louis Pelletier, criticized the ruling. He told The Associated Press that he has filed an appeal. The names of the other two men's lawyers could not immediately be determined.

Fayed and driver Henri Paul were killed instantly in the crash, while Diana died later in a hospital. Only the bodyguard survived. A five-year investigation into the crash concluded that Paul had been drinking and was speeding.

In 2002, France's highest court dropped manslaughter charges against nine photographers -- including Langevin, Martinez and Chassery.

Mohammed al Fayed, the owner of London's famous Harrods store, has claimed Diana and his son were killed by British intelligence officials and their deaths resulted from a plot instigated by Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II and Diana's former father-in-law.

"It is deeply disappointing that I am having to fight for so long and on so many fronts in order to get to the truth, but I am encouraged by the fact that each battle I fight takes me a step nearer to the truth," Al Fayed said.

The former head of London's Metropolitan Police is carrying out an inquiry into Diana's death and has said it is "far more complex than any of us thought," without commenting on the conspiracy theories.