Season five of The Crown introduces viewers to Dodi Al Fayed, who tragically died alongside Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. "They asked me how many people were there and I told them three because I didn't know there was a fourth person in the car. It was part of history, something that was attached to my family, still to this day. Under British law, an inquest is needed to determine the cause of death. The little group sat alone on the small dancefloor sipping their drinks. It was 9.50pm as the two car convoy pulled up close to the entrance of the hotel. ``We'll be eating in, go get yourselves some food,'' Dodi told them. which listed the cause of death as internal hemorrhaging due to a major chest trauma and a phenomenon of deceleration which caused a rupture of the left pulmonary vein. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Shortly after midnight, a Mercedes-Benz left the Ritz hotel in Paris carrying the princess and her boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed, an Egyptian film producer . This was the ring that ``proved'' the engagement of Diana and Dodi. It's just one of the explosive revelations in the new book by the former soldier and bodyguard who has maintained a virtual code of Omerta in the years since the bizarre last days of Diana. If there was no engagement then there was no conspiracy and no murder and Fayed's theories of sinister state craft, fuelled by disbelief that the incalculable loss of a beloved son was merely an accident of negligence, fail any test of plausibility. At traffic lights in the Place de la Concorde he saw a motorcycle pull up on the right-hand side of the car and flashes from a camera. This was on the order of the Deputy Public Prosecutor Maud Coujard. Earlier that summer, he was engaged to an American model, Kelly Fisher, and bought a house in Malibu, California, for himself and Fisher with money from his father. [20] In January 2018, it was announced that the statue would be returned to the Al-Fayed family. View our online Press Pack. After dinner one evening Dodi suddenly led the troupe to a nightclub in St Tropez a little cellar club on a back alley just off the water front, followed by photographers. Trevor's clearest and last memories of the night are the Mercedes pulling away. As they drove through thePont de l'Alma tunnel, they crashed into a pillar. Kelly said they were reportedly engaged when Fayed started dating Princess Diana. Again Trevor and Kez followed in the Range Rover while the Mercedes with Dodi and Diana was surrounded by scooters and motorbikes. Now for a club sandwich. The results of Dodi's delay had enormously bothered the couple. Mr Rees replied: "I am aware that has been said, sir, yes." You can respectfully suggest that this plan is crap, that you need more blokes, which I did, but if they don't listen to you, then your hands are tied.''. On August 31, 1997, after a dinner at Mohamed Al Fayed's Ritz hotel in Paris, the pair were hounded by French paparazzi on motorbikes. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. ``There are a couple of photographers at the back, but not many.'' James Huth said he found driver Henri Paul dead, his head trapped in an air bag, and "panicking" survivor Trevor Rees lying beside him with his jaw "hanging" off. He was at an angle as he had been thrown in the front of the car. The first, unveiled on 12 April 1998, consists of photos of them behind a pyramid-shaped display containing a wine glass still smudged with lipstick from Diana's final dinner, and a ring Fayed purchased the day before they died. Trevor heard the princess express her concern that one might fall under the wheels and be killed. "I remember sitting in the car after the crash. Trevor asked Ren again and again, while the two were dressing, desperately trying to find out what their evening plans were. Dr Lipsedge held a session with Mr Rees just over a month after the crash and then two more in February 1998. According to a new book, when the emergency workers arrived they gave priority to her bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, who appeared to be more seriously injured. Princess Diana was conscious after the fatal crash in Paris last August and aware that Dodi Al Fayed was lying dead beside her in the car. T he sole survivor of the crash which claimed the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed, has finally decided to speak. Dodi paused. He was answering a question in which Ian Burnett QC, for the coroner, outlined Mohamed Al Fayed's controversial claim that Diana was murdered. Scroll down for more {3} "This guy was panicking on the right [of the car]. The book is written in the third person and based on a series of interviews with Mr Rees, his mother, Jill, and Dr Luc Chikhani, the surgeon who performed miracles in reconstructing Mr Rees's face. It came as Diana and Dodi had been sailing the Mediterranean Sea on board a 200ft yacht, owned by Dodi's dad Mohamed Al Fayed. Camilla runs vegan restaurant Farmacy in Notting Hill, although she currently lives on a farm in Kent. Mr Rees may also be able to give evidence on whether Mr Paul had been drinking. 08:43 GMT 23 Jan 2008 I'll see you back at the apartment.'' The key element of the jigsaw was in place but another few pieces of a fatal puzzle still had to be slotted home. Police, ambulance attendants and doctors implicitly contradicted claims by Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi's father, that Diana was able to talk when she reached a hospital more than 1{ hours after her chauffeur-driven Mercedes ran into a pillar in the tunnel under the Pont Alma on Aug. 31. Princess Diana's death in Paris 24 years ago sparked a wave of conspiracy theories, egged on by the father of her boyfriend Dodi Fayed, who died alongside her. Ren the butler had laid out Dodi's clothes: a casual brown suede jacket, blue jeans, a fine checked grey shirt and cowboy boots. It was July 14, 1997, when Trevor Rees-Jones rode a tender out to Fayed's $20 million yacht, Jonikal, recently lavishly refurbished and now anchored in the gentle azure swell off St Tropez. They had become aggressive and Gerard the security man at the apartments confronted a photographer and pushed him. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after sufferingfatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. As he set out chilled wine and caviar before they left for dinner, Diana changed into skinny white jeans, high heeled black Versace sling back pumps, and a tank-top under a beautifully cut black blazer. He was the romantic partner of Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both were killed in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. One was Phillippe Dourneau, Dodi's regular driver in Paris and a licensed chauffeur of Etoile Limousine, the other, Henri Paul, a fortyish man with thinning hair and glasses, was the assistant head of security for the Fayed owned Ritz Hotel. He recalls mentioning this to Dodi and the princess. "This guy was panicking on the right. She must have felt pain. Tabloid pictures had shown him kissing the Princess of Wales and were causing a global sensation. Trevor Rees-Jones is aware that the rather gaudy chunk of gold and precious stones exists, but insists that Dodi and Diana didn't buy it. He was charming and generous, but his good intentions couldn't dislodge his reputation for . Fayed would later admit to talking to Dodi 15 minutes before he left the Ritz but ``concerning the decision to ask Henri Paul to drive. Minutes later Dodi popped his head out of the suite and confirmed it all. While the medical team removed her from the vehicle, she had the first of a number of heart attacks and had to be revived by massage. To counteract the growing tension, Trevor put the couple in the Mercedes with Phillippe at the wheel, while he and his colleague Kez Wingfield followed in the Range Rover. The same year, it was announced that he was to take up a job at a district security office for the United Nations in East Timor. In his subsequent interviews with the French judiciary, whose indecently long investigation concluded drink, drugs and speed caused the crash, he recanted the ``last words'' testimony. He split his time between theKhashoggi homes in Paris, the Riviera, Cairo and his father's home in Alexandria, Egypt. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. ``I'd just had it. For Trevor ``this was the final straw''. Among areas he is likely to give evidence on will be the crucial question of the doomed plan for Mr Paul - who was not a chauffeur - to drive the couple that night as part of a ruse to evade the paparazzi. The BBC reports he was the son of an impoverished schoolteacher and . This field is required He again saw the white or light coloured car that ``crossed the road and followed us. While he spent his days with his royal guests, sipping Dom Perignon as four top chefs served up their specialities, Kelly was secreted away on one of the family's other vessels. The claims were made by the worker to journalist Paul McMullan in 1997, just weeks before both Diana and Dodi died in a tragic car crash in Paris. ``I was absolutely gobsmacked when I found out that they'd been alone on holiday together.'' The ambulance drove at about 20 mph and had to stop for five minutes because Diana's heart started failing. When he was 15, Dodi moved to London and became a familiar face on the nightclub scene. And a bodyguard. The court heard that the film-maker then went outside and borrowed a mobile telephone from a passer-by in order to call the emergency services. Instead, she was hurtling forward with the weight of one and a half elephants, and the human body is not designed to suffer those forces.. "As I had emergency lessons in the hospital, I knew that if you move someone that has a broken spine you will kill the person, so I forbidden them to open the door," he recalled. Diana and Fayed, who arrived in Paris after a 10-day getaway on the French Riviera, got into Paul's car a few minutes after. Now, as he arrived alongside the yacht, he spotted her on the rear deck. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Since St Tropez the couple had been alone in Sardinia, on board the Jonikal, the second of two short breaks they'd taken since returning from France. Dodi doesn't want a bodyguard.''. Born April 15, 1955 Died August 31, 1997 (42) Add to list Known for Chariots of Fire 7.1 Producer 1981 The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. It turned into more of a steady walk rather than window shopping." "I didn't see what I learned about [later], that there was another person underneath - the Princess. "It's a subjective analysis, but most of the accidents that I've seen were on the other side of the tunnel with cars coming out of the tunnel. LONDON (AP) _ Dodi Fayed was buried Sunday after a swift and simple Islamic ceremony in Britain, a country that denied his father citizenship but welcomed his millions in investment. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The events of that evening changed the bodyguard's life forever, and saw him become one of the most recognised names associated with the Princess, as he struggled to come to terms with what had happened. The time was 12.20am and some seconds as the Mercedes engines gunned and left at speed, from the back of the hotel. Dodi flew to Los Angeles to try and calm his American girlfriend. Now Kelly Fisher was threatening to sue for breach of contract. Camilla added that their father, Mohamed Al Fayed, who was at the time the owner of Harrods, Fulham Football Club and the Ritz Paris, has had a weight around him since the tragedy. Diana and Dodi Fayed died in Paris in the early hours of August 31, . View our online Press Pack. Daniel Eyraud, the surgeon who treated her, said the hemorrhage was discovered only after X-rays. Kelly started dating Dodi Al Fayed in 1996. Fayed was born in Alexandria and was the eldest son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods department store. She later returned to the ship in August without her sons and a photo of the pair kissing made headlines around the world. Neither was wearing a seat belt. Mr Murrell, whose real name is Reuben although he is known as Ben, told the court last week that he left his job working for Mr Al Fayed after being asked to embellish his account of the afternoon of August 30. Meanwhile, The Crowns Prince Charles actor slams calls for warning on Netflix show & says you can tell its fiction. He changed his name back to Rees after divorcing his first wife, and, in 2002, he announced his intention to marry teacher Ann Scott. The inquest, trying to draw a line under a decade of investigations that have sparked numerous conspiracy theories, was dealt a major blow when the paparazzi who chased Diana and Dodis car into the tunnel refused to testify. Later Trevor got a call saying the couple would be going back to the apartment in the narrow Rue Arsene Houssaye, just off the Champs-Elysees, to dress for dinner. I've told the truth as I remember it. He also denied suggestions that the couple called in to a jeweller's shop in Monte Carlo in late August 1997. The summer in 1997 saw Princess Diana become the focus of relentless media attention after she embarked on her relationship with Dodi. The driver and Fayed died at the scene, but the People's Princess was not yet dead. GETTY IMAGES. Dodi's Father on Diana's Death. They needed a two car convoy. If anyone said that was a complete shambles I would totally agree with them. His experience also includes working on the terror attacks on 9/11, in Bali in 2002 and the London 7/7 bombings in 2005. ``Which one's she scoring with?'' It was supposedly dead for me," he said. British and French police investigations have concluded that Diana and Dodi died because their chauffeur, Henri Paul, was drunk and drove too fast through a Paris road tunnel. Then, speaking in person today, Mr Rees told the jury: My other memories are very vague. ven Dodi Al Fayed dog omedelbart vid kraschen och han hade inga frhjda kolmonoxidniver i blodet. On August 31, 1997, at 12:25 a.m., a Mercedes bearing Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed, their driver and bodyguard crashed into a concrete pillar in the Alma tunnel. It was so frustrating.'' 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DODI Al Fayed's life was cut tragically short when the car he was travelling in with his lover Princess Diana crashed in Paris, killing both of them. [21], Egyptian film producer and partner of Diana, Princess of Wales (19551997), "Dodi Al Fayed" redirects here. A former dental surgeon turned film-maker, he was watching the rushes of his first feature film when he heard the sound of an accident some time after midnight on August 31 1997. By the time Henri Paul left the bar, the barman had served the hotel's assistant head of security his second Ricard Pastis. Scroll down for more {9} It is the evidence of another former Fayed security man Ben Murrell that Mr Rees telephoned him that night to say that Mr Paul was drinking and he thought it was unprofessional. She put on gold earrings and a pearl bracelet Dodi had given her. Flashbulbs started popping as photographers who had learned of the rendezvous spotted the car. According to the book, emergency services arrived at 12:38 a.m., six minutes after the crash, but it was an hour before Diana was removed from the wreck. Her death prompted an unprecedented. Then he slipped in lightly, ``So, it's straight back then. Was she one of those?. Det finns heller inga vittnesml som sger att det motorn var igng efter kraschen. Mr Burnett asked: "It has also been suggested that the book was written with Dominic Lawson, who was the editor of the Sunday Telegraph. I always made sure I never said anything in all the cases of public interest I was involved with that hadn't already appeared in the press. Details of Diana's last hours were compiled by two journalists from the magazine L'Express, Jean-Marie Pontaut and Jerome Dupuis, for a book published in France. The ex-soldier, originally from Oswestry, Shropshire, acrimoniously split from his former employer in April 1998, issuing only a brief statement that he wished to "move forward" with his life. She may not have been a rocket scientist, but then neither am I. Scroll down for more {2} {R} "When I approached the car [there was] smoke and the sound of the horn and I saw the two airbags were open. And Trevor Rees-Jones is adamant they died because their driver was drunk and drugged. However, her bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived. The couple divorced after eight months. The following night Diana arrived by Mercedes with no security except her driver. "The princess had turned round in relation to her initial sitting position and her head was between the two seats and she could see her friend in front of her," Dorzee said. Trevor cringes at the recollection. "This man was in the middle of the car, probably his head was in the front. Michael Peyser, who worked on the film with Fayed, recalls one of Fayed's bodyguards getting into an altercation with a bus driver after the bus got too close to Fayed's car. 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. 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"I approached the car and I saw the legs of a man. He married model Suzanne Gregard in 1986 but they divorced after just eight months together. CCTV evidence shows that he and fellow bodyguard Kes Wingfield were in the bar of the Ritz with the security chief on the night of August 30-31. The inquest is expected to last up to six months and cost up to 10 million pounds ($20.9 million). The restlessness that had begun during the last few days became almost manic during the next few hours. Rees-Jones survived the crash, despite severe facial injuries. Mr Burnett asked: "And did that happen?" The paparazzi, who had been waiting outside Dodi's apartment, surrounded the entrance door as the Mercedes nosed into the street. He could not see the barely-conscious Princess, however, as she was trapped low in the rear footwell of the car and obscured by her boyfriend's corpse, he told the inquest into her death. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after suffering fatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. "Her eyes were open and she moved, talking to me in a foreign language. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. James Huth said he was unable to see the princess because she was trapped so low in the car's footwell and was obscured by Dodi Al Fayed's body. The quiet tribute to Fayed, 41, was overshadowed by national mourning for 36-year-old Princess Diana, who died shortly after the same car crash in Paris early Sunday. She didn't like it while I thought it was quite a funny film. It was an absurd throw of the dice of fate which brought together the royal outsider, neurotic and self-professed Queen of Hearts, and the feckless but good natured son of a billionaire merchant prince who would always be merely a boy in a man's world dominated by his overbearing father. [7], In 1986, Fayed married model Suzanne Gregard. The allegations were largely brought by former Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed, the father of Dodi. The first thing he saw, he said, was the smoking wreckage of the car in the middle of the road. Camilla said that Netflixs The Crown has made Dodis death a subject again, as the latest season featured Princess Diana joining the royal family for the first time. As soon as they got the couple upstairs, Trevor and Kez came down to try and calm the photographers. Before this tragic end, he was launched i Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? His head was in the front of the car and I could not see his legs." The lawsuit was later dropped out of respect for Dodi's family after he and Diana died in the car crash. To this day, Rees remains a largely private figure, who appears reluctant to talk about his experiences. He had his jaw hanging and he was panicking. The driver unfortunately had his head inside and it was not moving. ``But two cars are best '' Dodi then invoked the magic words, ``It's been okayed by my father.''. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. The second, unveiled in 2005 and titled Innocent Victims, is a 3-metre (10') high bronze statue of . Dodi died almost instantly at the scene of the crash and his body was flown to Britain, for a funeral service in line with Muslim customs. He broke every bone in his face and suffered serious chest injuries. [15] Contents 1Henri Paul 1.1Security service connections 1.2Blood samples 2Tomlinson's allegation of MI6 involvement 3Relationship with Dodi Fayed 3.1Pregnancy The princess's chest had been compressed in the crash, damaging both her right lung and her heart. Is that true? I saw the two airbags were open. ``They did what we asked.''. The lovers spent time in the South of France and Sardinia before flying to Paris where they later died. Dodi Fayed, Diana's boyfriend and the son of an Egyptian billionaire, was also a victim of the car crash. Speaking to The Times magazine, Camilla Fayed, who was 12 when the tragic event took place in Paris on August 31, 1997, said it is impossible to move on. They danced a bit in this ``empty tacky little place''. Mr Rees took the stand at the central London inquests into the deaths of Diana and her lover, Dodi Fayed, still bearing scars on his face from the August 1997 crash in Paris. "I told him to - in French - to stay quiet, that it was going to be okay, that people were going to take care of him and he had just to try to be quiet." As the two men waited outside the suite Henri Paul arrived (stinking of cigars, Kez noted) and told Trevor and Kez that the plan had been changed. Stephane Darmon, a motorcyclist who drove photographer Romuald Rat around Paris searching for an exclusive shot of the worlds most photographed woman, appeared before the London court voluntarily earlier this month by videolink from Paris. In 1997, he got engaged to American model Kelly Fisher and bought a house in Malibu for themselves using money from his dad. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. More. Premium subscribers enjoy unlimited access to all articles. These memories are vague and sometimes I doubt them, but they're coming back. Soon she disappeared back to America, even though she would later claim that her marriage to Dodi was to have taken place on August 9. I realised he had professional materials." He was taken, along with the Princess, to La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris and in the following weeks, underwent extensive reconstructive facial surgery. Trevor had heard the second in command of security at the Ritz say this plan had been okayed by Fayed. The Princess and the princes flew home to London on Sunday July 20 with the two boys immediately leaving their mother and joining their father at Balmoral. "I cannot think of why a car driving that fast would have to brake at that point unless there was something in its way," he said. 22:21 GMT 23 Jan 2008. The inquest is expected to last up to six months and cost up to 10 million pounds ($20.9 million). Accounts of her last four hours published Thursday include details of the desperate attempts by doctors to save her life when it was discovered that she was dying from an internal hemorrhage, although she had only one visible injury _ a cut on her forehead. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The sole survivor of the crash which claimed the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed, has finally decided to speak. THE pathologist who examined Princess Diana's body has revealed some of the burning questions he is often asked about her death. Camilla, now 35, said: Such a cataclysmic event how could it not change our family? Fayed has persistently propounded what were found to be conspiracy theoriesat the inquest[13][14]and has repeatedly claimed that he believes his son was murdered with Diana. PRINCESS DIANA'S romance with Dodi Fayed, the Egyptian-born film magnate, was just beginning when the two died in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997. "I remember I. At the same time she rubbed her stomach. I didn't see her because I didn't approach enough the car, I guess, to see that person. The driver unfortunately had his head inside and it was not moving. He could feel the good mood slipping away. Independent.ie. They clarify many of the obscure and misleading points surrounding the crash and provide medical details that have been kept quiet because there has been no public inquest. He was trying to move and I talked to him. Through the smoke pouring out from under the car bonnet, Mr Huth said he also could make out the body of Dodi Fayed, wearing blue jeans and cowboy boots, slumped between the front seats of the mangled Mercedes. Fayed was pronounced dead at the scene on his removal from the wreckage. ``You never told us where we were going. He added: "Trevor Rees-Jones remembers getting into the Mercedes in the Rue Cambon and the car driving off. Is there any truth in that?" He also examined the drowned bodies after the Marchioness tragedy in which a Thames pleasure boat sank with the loss of 51 lives in 1989. I wish I could say she would have died whatever happened, but the fact is, if she had worn her seatbelt she would have been here for Prince William and Harry's weddings, he told the Daily Mail. Trevor preceded the princess out the door followed by Dodi about 10 feet behind. Princess Diana, Dodi and driver Henri Paul were all killed in the horror smash but bodyguardTrevor Rees-Jones survived. 'Was she peaceful?' "A few seconds afterward she looked at me and then closed her eyes.". Actors Khalid Abdalla and Salim Daw as Dodi Fayed and Mohamed Al Fayed in Netflix's royal drama, 'The Crown,' 2022. He was a producer, known for Chariots of Fire (1981), Hook (1991) and F/X (1986). From . He decided to inject some drugs to reduce the agitation, for her to accept treatment.. For my dad, like any parent losing a child, it was horrific and, as it is for any family that experiences loss, it was heartbreaking. 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The death in 1997 of Omar's half-brother Dodi, who was killed in the Paris car crash that also claimed the life of Princess Diana, sparked a forest fire of media glare and attendant conspiracy theories about Diana's death, which still roil the internet. He had his jaw hanging off. I couldn't go knocking on their apartment door saying, `hey, where are we going tonight?' Meanwhile the wooing of Diana had got off to an inauspicious start. By 3 a.m. her heart was kept pumping only by the injection of adrenaline and several electric. "She became irritated," he added. The couple didn't move. Fayed took these dreamy meanderings as gospel testimony because they suited his own theories of a deep love and betrothal between his son and the princess and a deadly plot to stop it in its tracks. Once Dodi's death was confirmed, the 11,000 electric bulbs which usually light up the facade of the Harrods store were switched off - which at the time was owned by Mohamed. ``It's just a 10 minute drive. The princess's chest had been compressed in the crash, damaging both her right lung and her heart. The next job would be to get the couple back to the apartment after dinner if that is what Dodi decided to do. Fayed's father erected two memorials to his son and Diana at Harrods.The first, unveiled on 12 April 1998, consists of photos of them behind a pyramid-shaped display containing a wine glass still smudged with lipstick from Diana's final dinner, and a ring Fayed purchased the day before they died. No one will ever forget.. Mohamed Al-Fayed believed that the deaths of Dodi and Diana were murdered by the British establishment as part of an anti-Muslim conspiracy, because of objections to the couple's relationship. Dodi turned on Kez and gave him ``the mother of all bollockings''. He died on 31 August 1997 in Paris, France. Mr Huth said he tried to calm the princess's. Its never going to be distant because its obviously affected my family in such a profound way.. Flashbulbs popped when they walked around the back of the car to get to the rear right door, the princess taking huge strides in her delicate high heels, eyes down as Trevor briskly ushered her into the back seat. Mr Rees replied: "He had no part at all.". Zero information coming from Dodi. Dodi died almost instantly at the scene of the crash and his body was flown to Britain, for a funeral service in line with Muslim customs. Footage from the 2007 inquest into her death. THE sister of Dodi Fayed has spoken about the fateful night her brother died in the car crash with Princess Diana and said it has changed their family forever. Trevor shot back to Henri Paul, ``No f****** chance is he leaving without a bodyguard no way in a million years it's going without me. It could be about anything. "I remember I heard precisely the screeching of tyres and then one shock, two seconds after, another shock and a third, stronger shock," he said. [18] The second, unveiled in 2005 and titled Innocent Victims, is a 3-metre (10') high bronze statue of the two dancing on a beach, beneath the wings of an albatross. Cause Of Death For Former NFL Receiver Charles Johnson Revealed A report from the North Carolina state medical examiner has revealed the official cause of death for retired NFL wide. There was nothing in Henri Paul's behaviour that raised a red flag though he was in the two bodyguards' company for a matter of five minutes. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. He also worked for his father on Harrods' marketing. He was relieved that there weren't more but he knew the pack would be upon them within seconds. In a book excerpted by the Daily Mail Sunday, Shepherd shared his . But on top of all that, we were never allowed to grieve in private. The psychiatrist explained: "In view of the time that has elapsed, the chances of him recovering his memory are very slight." Enter email address Paul was speeding and over the drink-drive limit at the time of the smash. Clickheretouploadyours. Mohamed Al-Fayed came from a poor Egyptian background, but he always dreamed big. Mr Rees replied: "No sir, it didn't. He suggested the couple were killed as part of a British establishment plot to prevent her. However, his evidence is expected to concentrate on the events leading up to the crash. Mr Rees accompanied the couple ashore during a stop-off while cruising on Mohamed Al Fayed's yacht, the Jonikal, at Monte Carlo on August 23. The former paratrooper, formerly known as Rees-Jones, worked with American author Moira Johnston on a book called The Bodyguard's Story, which was published in 2000. Her companionDodi Fayedand driver and security guard Henri Paul were also killed in the crash while her bodyguardTrevor Rees-Jonessurvived with horrific injuries. We pay forvideostoo. 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Scroll down for more {1} He was asked by counsel to the inquest, Ian Burnett QC: "You are aware that there has been a suggestion that Dodi and Diana chose a ring in the Repossi in Monte Carlo on that shore visit on August 23." Mr Ronssin told him there had been an accident in the tunnel so Mr Huth ran down to offer his assistance, arriving just two to three minutes after the Mercedes crashed. Scroll down for more {5} {R} In evidence read to the inquest jury, Mr Rees said he remembered getting into the Mercedes outside the Ritz Hotel, and the car being followed by paparazzi. The lovers spent time in the South of France and Sardinia before flying to Paris where they later died. ``He didn't click with me as a person. '', But that wasn't Trevor's only concern. [2][3], Fayed was a student at Collge Saint Marc before attending the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. I did not know what the fight was really about, even though I thought it was really stupid to take those pictures. ``It was dingy and there was no-one there.'' Dodi's hand went up to shield his face the princess looked anguished as she took a running stride towards the door. [1] After completing his education, he was an attach at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in London. Trevor was at the back entrance and looked out. Cause of death: Traffic collision: Resting place: Fayed Estate, Oxted . Testifying by video link from Paris, Huth said he was in his parents' apartment on the banks of the River Seine early on Aug. 31, 1997, when he heard the sound of a car crash in the Pont d'Alma. Wreckage from the Mercedes, he said, was thrown half-way up the tunnel due to the force of the crash. Driver Henri Paul was also killed in the crash. She died from internal bleeding at 4:53 a.m. on August 31, 1997. She was pronounced dead in the hospital at 4 AM. The rest of the time he patrolled the floor. Wednesday, 18 January 2023 | -0.3C Dublin, Menu Sections. Diana Princes of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed arriving back at the Ritz Hotel in Paris for the final time. I concluded it was Princess Diana. We pay for your stories! Dodi stormed. In evidence given to the London court probing the 1997 deaths of Diana and her lover Dodi al-Fayed, doctors also said the nature of her injuries indicated her heart had been thrown forward violently in the crash, tearing a key blood vessel. For other inquiries, Contact Us. 21:42 GMT 16 Oct 2007. They took off for the hotel surrounded by screaming motorcycles, chasing and darting around the target vehicles, sometimes two to a bike so a photographer could focus the powerful zoom lens. ", "All I have ever done is given the truth as I see it." Speaking in 2000, Mr Chikhani said: "I have never seen so many fractures on a man who was still alive." 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