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"He sustained severe head injuries and it is quite common for this to cause major problems with memory. 'Was she pregnant?. By this time, he said, paramedics had begun to arrive so he walked back out of the tunnel and returned the mobile phone he had borrowed. The first thing he saw, he said, was the smoking wreckage of the car in the middle of the road. 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. As he returned to the tunnel, however, he came across a man of North African appearance fighting with one of the photographers he has seen earlier. ", He added: "I got close enough to speak to the bodyguard - I know now it was the bodyguard - that was still alive, but not close enough to see that there was another person in the car, under the seat. However, while Dodi was caught on CCTV purchasing a ring, there was no indication the couple had become . "Her specific injury is so rare that in my entire career I don't believe I've seen another. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. Diana was taken to Paris' La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, but several hours later, at 4 a.m., she died as a result of injuries she sustained in the crash, including a severed pulmonary vein. You couldnt compare notes with anyone else whod had the experience because it was never on that scale. Was she one of those?. And a royal aide claimsDianas relationship with Dodi would only have lasted a few more weekshad they both not died in the Paris car crash. Another of Mr Al Fayed's suspicions is that the book was penned by journalist Martin Gregory. As they drove through thePont de l'Alma tunnel, they crashed into a pillar. 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. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. ", Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you. He was trying to move and I talked to him. In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. The son of of billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi was a film producer and jetsetter . "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. One of the first people to reach the crash which killed Princess Diana has given a haunting account of the carnage he discovered. 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The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. It was not made clear whether this was the mystery white Fiat Uno believed to have collided with the Mercedes shortly before it crashed that police have been unable to trace. 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. It is the first time that Mr Huth's dramatic testimony has ever been heard in public and is most traumatic account of the aftermath of the tragedy heard so far by the inquest jury. "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. 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. Who was Dodi Fayed? October 11, 2007 / 4:01 PM A close friend of Al-Fayed's told Express that "A cleaner regular cleans up the flat, but everything must be left exactly how it was when Dodi was living there." Inside Fayed's belongings . THE pathologist who examined Princess Diana's body has revealed some of the burning questions he is often asked about her death. The car crashed into a pillar in the tunnel. These memories are vague and sometimes I doubt them, but they're coming back. Rees-Jones survived the crash, despite severe facial injuries. Its never going to be distant because its obviously affected my family in such a profound way.. One of the first people to reach the scene of the crash that killed Princess Diana has relived the horror, at the inquest into her death. Princess Diana, Dodi and driver Henri Paul were all killed in the horror smash but bodyguardTrevor Rees-Jones survived. I concluded it was Princess Diana. 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In the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died from injuries sustained earlier that night in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. The former Princess of Wales' boyfriend Dodi Fayed will reportedly be played by Khalid Abdalla, per Variety . [8][9] Fisher subsequently said Fayed jilted her for Diana and announced that she was filing a breach of contract suit against him, saying he had "led her emotionally all the way up to the altar and abandoned her when they were almost there," and that he "threw her love away in a callous way with no regard for her whatsoever". 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.". But he did publish a book, The Bodyguard's Story, in 2000, in which he rejected conspiracy theories about the accident. During the 1990s, Dodi Fayed was romantically linked with Diana, Princess of Wales. So he was held by the belt and partially padded by the car's airbag, which by now had inflated, as Diana's body catapulted forward from the back seat. Dodi Fayed, as he is more commonly . Diana's death is a classic example of the way we say, after almost every death: if only. Dodi Al-Fayed first met Princess Diana at a 1996 Polo match in Windsor when her then husband Prince Charles and Dodi were on opposite teams, according to The Independent.A year later, in 1997, Diana was invited by Dodi's father Mohammed Al-Fayed to spend time on his yacht in St Tropez, in the south of France and it's understood that this is when they really got to know . She also had a . I remember hearing somebody moaning and the name Dodi being muttered but I don't know if it was once or several times. 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. As the writer . Fayed was pronounced dead at the scene on his removal from the wreckage. He added: "Trevor Rees-Jones remembers getting into the Mercedes in the Rue Cambon and the car driving off. An investigation into the cause of the crash concluded that Henri Paul was found to have been driving under the influence of alcohol. In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. When she saw her friend was dead, I think she said, "My God.' He told her in English that a doctor was on the way and then went to help Rees-Jones in the front seat. Anatomically, it's hidden away, deep in the centre of the chest. She must have felt pain. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. "I was worried and really concentrating on the fact that I should call for help to try and help these people," he explained. Former bodyguard Trevor Rees said yesterday that he remembered . She was pronounced dead in the hospital at 4 AM. On August 31, 1997, the couple died in a car accident in a Paris tunnel while being chased by . French medics had to restrain and sedate Princess Diana, who became so agitated after her Paris car crash that she tore out a drip, the inquest into her death was told on Monday. . 'Was she peaceful?' Shepherd explained that bodyguards don't often wear seatbelts as it restricts their movement, but on this occasion Rees-Jones was. Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones . It was part of history, something that was attached to my family, still to this day. 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 the 1997 car crash in Paris. [6], Through his family's production company, Allied Stars, Fayed was an executive producer of the films Chariots of Fire, Breaking Glass, F/X, F/X2, Hook, and The Scarlet Letter, and an executive creative consultant for F/X: The Series. She later returned to the ship in August without her sons and a photo of the pair kissing made headlines around the world. 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 to just try be quiet, to calm down," Huth said. The inquest is expected to last up to six months and cost up to 10 million pounds ($20.9 million). Professor Andre Lienhart, who investigated Dianas medical treatment for a French examining magistrate, spelt out for the jury in detail how she was treated in the battle to save her life on the night of August 31, 1997. At 4 a.m. Paris time, after two hours of massaging Diana's unbeating heart, doctors declared the princess dead. 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. 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. Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? 19 Aug, 2017 01:54 AM 26 mins to read. He said he tried to comfort bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones . New laws, social media and pandemic lockdowns have since helped deflate the practice of . Scroll down for more {4} Mr Rees said he agreed with the diagnosis. [4][5] He also briefly attended Sandhurst. Mr Rees may also be able to give evidence on whether Mr Paul had been drinking. 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. Huth also said he saw a photographer arguing with a bystander who was trying to stop the paparazzo from taking pictures. Her rumored boyfriend, Egyptian businessman Emad "Dodi" Fayed, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140, Henri Paul, were pronounced dead at the scene. By 3 a.m. her heart was kept pumping only by the injection of adrenaline and several electric shocks. Investigations by French authorities and British police both concluded that Paul was driving too fast and that he was impaired by a mixture of alcohol and prescription drugs. [19], The memorials were designed by Bill Mitchell, a close friend of Dodi's father and architect for Harrods for more than 40 years. 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. Georges De Keerle/Getty Images. [17], Fayed's father erected two memorials to his son and Diana at Harrods. [12] The only survivor of the crash was bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, who was seriously injured but remained conscious. Dodi Fayed and Paul were declared dead at the scene . Huth said two men approached the car and tried to open a door, but he told them to stop. Mohamed al-Fayed is one person eager to speak. "She was much lighter than Dodi and Rees-Jones's belt would have absorbed some of the extra force. Then, Princess Diana's funeral was held on September 6, 1997. Mr Rees was Dodi Fayed's bodyguard and the front-seat passenger in the Mercedes. I didn't see her because I didn't approach enough the car, I guess, to see that person. He lifted her head to see if she was alive and heard her moaning. "We're looking back to the 90s here - it would be big enough . The incident was widely covered by the media and led to a great outpouring of grief from the public. He admitted that he could not identify this man, however. Princess Diana's cause of death was officially a severed pulmonary vein. A fictionalized account of the events leading up to the tragic car accident that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, her companion Dodi Fayed and their chauffeur in a Paris tunnel. The psychiatrist explained: "In view of the time that has elapsed, the chances of him recovering his memory are very slight." iHeartRadio app. 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. 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. "Belts are designed to give gradually while they restrain. Growing up he split his time between his family's various homes across the world, including Cairo, Paris and the Riviera, until age 15 when he moved to London. 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