He was trying to move and I told him to stay quiet, that it was going to be okay, that people were going to take care of him," he recalled. Fayed was pronounced dead at the scene on his removal from the wreckage. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. "A few seconds afterward she looked at me and then closed her eyes.". Now, as he arrived alongside the yacht, he spotted her on the rear deck. At the inquest into Diana's death, accident investigator Anthony Read said he could "almost guarantee" the couple would have survived had they been strapped in and the car travelling with in the speed limit. Chosen from the legendary gem house of Repossi from their line `Dis-moi Oui' (Tell Me Yes), it is the basis of Mohamed Al Fayed's continuing claim that his son Dodi and the Princess of Wales were murdered because they planned to marry. Mr Rees was Dodi Fayed's bodyguard and the front-seat passenger in the Mercedes. Egyptian-born Dodi was from Mohamed Al Fayeds first marriage, to Samira Khashoggi, with Camilla being one of his four children with Finnish model and actress Heini Wathen. 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. Her driver-security guard Henri Paul and alleged boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, were also killed in the crash after suffering fatal injuries. He again saw the white or light coloured car that ``crossed the road and followed us. This happened because Rees-Jones, constantly badgered by the huge personality that is Mohamed Al Fayed, had recollected a dream to the man who paid his wages in which there were snatches of conservation in the seconds after the crash. Then, speaking in person today, Mr Rees told the jury: My other memories are very vague. It was a lavish engagement ring of yellow and white gold, with triangles of fire-bright diamond clusters, surrounding an emerald cut diamond of some heft. 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. The ambulance drove at about 20 mph and had to stop for five minutes because Diana's heart started failing. And Trevor Rees-Jones is adamant they died because their. They needed a two car convoy. 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. 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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. I remember hearing somebody moaning and the name Dodi being muttered but I don't know if it was once or several times. . Mother and sons would never meet again. "I suppose they wanted to move the bodies, that was the reason why these guys wanted to open the car, so I told them that I was a doctor and that before the emergency arrived they did not have to move anybody inside." 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. If you had we would have been able to phone ahead and get it sorted out,'' snapped Kes. ``What was Dodi bloody doing?'' Reviewing Martinos account of how the crash scene was handled, he said by videolink from Paris that an assistant had had to hold Dianas arm firmly to insert a drip, but that she had quickly pulled it out. Born April 15, 1955 Died August 31, 1997 (42) Add to list Known for Chariots of Fire 7.1 Producer 1981 When she saw her friend was dead, I think she said, "My God.' Trevor had heard the second in command of security at the Ritz say this plan had been okayed by Fayed. 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. She was agitated she refused treatment, he added. However, his evidence is expected to concentrate on the events leading up to the crash. The inquest is expected to last up to six months and cost up to 10 million pounds ($20.9 million). Paul was speeding and over the drink-drive limit at the time of the smash. 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. He (Dodi) wants me to drive. 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. The two other cars will leave from the front to divert the paparazzi. According to her memoir Babylon Confidential, Claudia Christian had an on-again, off-again romance with Fayed. Mr Huth said he tried to calm the princess's. To this day, Rees remains a largely private figure, who appears reluctant to talk about his experiences. Dodi began his courtship of Diana clumsily while at the same time playing a tricky and secretive game with his American model girlfriend Kelly Fisher, who after his death claimed to be his fiance. 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. Mr Huth said his parents had lived at the same apartment for more than 20 years and had experienced several, "terrible" accidents in the Alma tunnel during that time. At the same time she rubbed her stomach. Kez chatted with the couple. ``We could see the situation was winding them up, and we thought we'll just give them a bit of privacy. 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. Flashbulbs started popping as photographers who had learned of the rendezvous spotted the car. He also worked for his father on Harrods' marketing. "This guy was panicking on the right. It may even have been the Ford Ka driven by another eyewitness, Francois Levistre, who stopped briefly after the accident but did not get out of his car and eventually fled the scene. "Before I became a film maker I was a dentist/doctor specialising in surgery, so I went into the tunnel to see if I could help," he said. Cause of death: Traffic collision: Resting place: Fayed Estate, Oxted . I am a total stranger to this decision'', he would state. Princess Diana's cause of death was officially a severed pulmonary vein. They divorced eight months later.[7]. Dodi turned on Kez and gave him ``the mother of all bollockings''. The inquest is expected to last up to six months and cost up to 10 million pounds ($20.9 million). 'Was she peaceful?' The paparazzi, who had been waiting outside Dodi's apartment, surrounded the entrance door as the Mercedes nosed into the street. Dodis father, Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed, says Diana and his son were killed by British security services acting on the orders of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeths husband and Dianas former father-in-law. 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. [16], Fayed was originally interred in Brookwood Cemetery near Woking, Surrey, but was re-interred on the grounds of the Fayed estate in Oxted, Surrey in October 1997. Mr Rees may also be able to give evidence on whether Mr Paul had been drinking. Rees-Jones was the sole survivor of the crash that killed Diana, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul. ``But two cars are best '' Dodi then invoked the magic words, ``It's been okayed by my father.''. GETTY IMAGES. The couple didn't move. ``No straight back,'' said Diana laughing. 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It was supposedly dead for me," he said. Zero information coming from Dodi. [1] Dodi's mother was Saudi Arabian author Samira Khashoggi,[2] the daughter of Muhammad Khashoggi and sister of Saudi billionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi. But there's more: discover your full benefits now. And Trevor Rees-Jones is adamant they died because their driver was drunk and drugged. The time was 12.20am and some seconds as the Mercedes engines gunned and left at speed, from the back of the hotel. 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. Trevor Rees-Jones told Weekend Review this week that he still cannot fathom how Henri Paul could be three times over the legal limit and yet Rees-Jones didn't notice he had drink taken. 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. I realised he had professional materials." All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Before this tragic end, he was launched into the spotlight in the summer of 1997 when he started dating Diana. 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. In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. Discover your full benefits as a Premium subscriber. The unlikely romance was now being played out behind the grey facades of two buildings, 55 and 60 Park Lane, London, well disguised above an anonymous Lexus dealership. Footage from the 2007 inquest into her death. 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Sat 10 Jan 2009 19.01 EST. 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. ", "All I have ever done is given the truth as I see it." Now, their relationship has taken. ``It's just a 10 minute drive. The second, unveiled in 2005 and titled Innocent Victims, is a 3-metre (10') high bronze statue of . A symbol of kindness and humanity, and a mother of two, Princess Diana was only 36 years old when she died. 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. Dodi's hand went up to shield his face the princess looked anguished as she took a running stride towards the door. The driver and Fayed died at the scene, but the People's Princess was not yet dead. ``There was a small white hatchback type of car a three door car which was either white or light in colour, with a boot which opened at the back and perhaps a scooter, or a motorbike, I believe, with two, perhaps three journalists.''. Minutes later Dodi popped his head out of the suite and confirmed it all. The psychiatrist explained: "In view of the time that has elapsed, the chances of him recovering his memory are very slight." 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. Dodi flew to Los Angeles to try and calm his American girlfriend. '', But that wasn't Trevor's only concern. She put on gold earrings and a pearl bracelet Dodi had given her. Among them was a pedestrian who was the first to open the car door and see the princess on the floor and sobbing, "My God, my God.". 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. [10] She dropped the lawsuit shortly after Fayed's death.[11]. (Photo / Getty) Top UK forensic pathologist Richard Shepherd, who gave evidence in a major inquiry into Princess Diana's death, has revealed the incredibly rare injury that claimed her life after. "I remember sitting in the car after the crash. Mohamed Al-Fayed came from a poor Egyptian background, but he always dreamed big. I don't remember the pain, but in my head there was a lot of confusion. '', A Mediahuis Website ``It was dingy and there was no-one there.'' On August 6, Trevor returned to work after 10 days leave to find the man he had once anonymously drove around London was now a worldwide celebrity because of his burgeoning romance with Diana. Email us attips@the-sun.co.ukor call 0207 782 4368 . 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.''. Now, their relationship . the security lads at the villa joked as the holiday progressed. Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed by the reckless driving of their chauffeur, Henri Paul, and the paparazzi who chased them. In a book excerpted by the Daily Mail Sunday, Shepherd shared his . Dodi attended schools in Paris, the exclusive Le Rosey in Switzerland and had a brief stint at Sandhurst military academy, which Princes William and Harry also attended. As a teenager he lost his adored maternal grandmother, who died of blood poisoning after a botched facelift operation. [15] Fayed's former spokesman, Michael Cole, has said that the couple became engaged before their deaths. Camilla runs vegan restaurant Farmacy in Notting Hill, although she currently lives on a farm in Kent. Now for a club sandwich. 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. The princess flew to Greece for a long planned break with her good friend Rosa Monckton. They danced a bit in this ``empty tacky little place''. The crash happened at around 23 minutes past midnight in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris while the driver was fleeing the paparazzi who were pursuing the princess. "I saw a broken leg that I remember clearly of a man in blue jeans - I guess with a double fracture under the knee - and a boot, a cowboy boot," he said. ', News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 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. He was told that they were already on their way but was asked to go back inside and describe the scene in order to help them asess the casualties. As they drove through thePont de l'Alma tunnel, they crashed into a pillar. Dodi doesn't want a bodyguard.''. 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. However, her bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived. 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. 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