In 1997, he got engaged to American model Kelly Fisher and bought a house in Malibu for themselves using money from his dad. 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. Meanwhile the wooing of Diana had got off to an inauspicious start. Tabloid pictures had shown him kissing the Princess of Wales and were causing a global sensation. Princess Diana's cause of death was officially a severed pulmonary vein. Dodi paused. His head was in the front of the car and I could not see his legs." Rees was haunted by the guilt of his survival and would wake suddenly in the night as memories of that fateful night ran through his mind. 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. He lifted her head to see if she was alive and heard her moaning. REUTERS/Files. The paparazzi were already ensconced and the faxed press clippings daily flowed in from London for the Fayeds and their royal guest to devour. 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. The allegations were largely brought by former Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed, the father of Dodi. He could never swear that they had been uttered and he never did. He recalls mentioning this to Dodi and the princess. Now for a club sandwich. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. He was charming and generous, but his good intentions couldn't dislodge his reputation for . 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. Dodi's father was also the former owner of Fulham Football Club and the Htel Ritz Paris. After learning of Dodi's romance with Diana, Kelly phoned her ex to vent her fury. Dr Shepherd also maintains she would have walked away on the fateful night and been alive to see the her sons Harry and William get married had she worn her seat belt. Scroll down for more {4} "It might be the person, but I cannot be sure," he replied. 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. 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. Dr. Richard Shepherd is the top forensic pathologist in the UK, and he investigated the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. 4:47 PM. As soon as they got the couple upstairs, Trevor and Kez came down to try and calm the photographers. 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 do not remember if the motorbikes followed us, but I do know that journalists were following us.'' 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." 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. [10] She dropped the lawsuit shortly after Fayed's death.[11]. 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. However, his evidence is expected to concentrate on the events leading up to the crash. The key element of the jigsaw was in place but another few pieces of a fatal puzzle still had to be slotted home. [15] Contents 1Henri Paul 1.1Security service connections 1.2Blood samples 2Tomlinson's allegation of MI6 involvement 3Relationship with Dodi Fayed 3.1Pregnancy Before this tragic end, he was launched i Dodi stormed. Mr al-Fayed recently paid tribute to "kind, gentle, courteous" Dodi weeks ahead of the anniversary of his death. Dodi turned on Kez and gave him ``the mother of all bollockings''. She added that if future episodes feature Dianas romance with Dodi after she got divorced from Prince Charles that it will be emotional for the family. They had become aggressive and Gerard the security man at the apartments confronted a photographer and pushed him. 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. But the bodyguard who nearly died with them in the Paris crash on that August night in 1997 the sole survivor plucked from the wrecked, tangled Mercedes says the Diana/Dodi engagement is a myth. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. "I tried to calm them down and said we didn't need two persons to be fighting now on the place of an accident," he said. 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. 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. She later returned to the ship in August without her sons and a photo of the pair kissing made headlines around the world. Dodi had been dating Princess Diana, who was 36 at the time, for a few months when the crash took place in a road tunnel in France. 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. View our online Press Pack. Premium subscribers enjoy unlimited access to all articles. But he did publish a book, The Bodyguard's Story, in 2000, in which he rejected conspiracy theories about the accident. Diana and Dodi were killed after a . It could be about anything. DrRichard Shepherd said he was inundated with questions about Princess Di's autopsy but has long refused to reveal intimate details. "When you say you have lost your memory, you are telling a bare-faced lie, Mr Rees, are you?" Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. ``Which one's she scoring with?'' Her driver-security guard Henri Paul and alleged boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, were also killed in the crash after suffering fatal injuries. Both men felt there was no way to check without causing offence. Rees-Jones was the sole survivor of the crash that killed Diana, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul. They had no idea of the ultimate plan, if there was one, about how to evacuate Dodi and Diana away from the hotel, now besieged by photographers. [4][5] He also briefly attended Sandhurst. He added: "Trevor Rees-Jones remembers getting into the Mercedes in the Rue Cambon and the car driving off. But he told the couple's inquest today: "[It was] basically a walk around Monte Carlo, it wasn't a stroll. He was relieved that there weren't more but he knew the pack would be upon them within seconds. We pay for your stories! 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. A stepfather and aunt died in a car crash, and his mother, to whom he was. The princess was shaken, Dodi angry. View our online Press Pack. The following night Diana arrived by Mercedes with no security except her driver. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after suffering fatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. 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. However, her bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived. ``I was absolutely gobsmacked when I found out that they'd been alone on holiday together.'' His mother was Samira Khashoggi - sister of Saudi Arabian-born billionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi - and his dad also owned Fulham Football Club and theHtel Ritz in Paris. 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. 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. They had stopped in Paris en route to London after spending nine days on holiday in the French and Italian Rivieras aboard his family's yacht, the Jonikal. In the Mercedes a decision was made not to go out to dinner and Trevor got a call to say they were heading for the Ritz. And Trevor Rees-Jones is adamant they died because their. An inquest held in London concluded in 2008 that the Princess had been unlawfully killed, blaming the crash on grossly negligent driving by Paul and the pursuing paparazzi. 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 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. The time was 12.20am and some seconds as the Mercedes engines gunned and left at speed, from the back of the hotel. At this point, Mr Huth said, two unnamed men appeared at the car and tried to open its rear door. I didn't see her because I didn't approach enough the car, I guess, to see that person. He had his jaw hanging and he was panicking. (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. 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. A 20-minute recording of the call was played in London in 2007 during the inquest into Diana's death. But he was informed at 3.45am UK time that the Princess had died of her injuries. He suggested the couple were killed as part of a British establishment plot to prevent her. 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. Dodi's hand went up to shield his face the princess looked anguished as she took a running stride towards the door. The Bodyguard's Story demolishes most of the outlandish conspiracy theories put forward by the Harrods boss and reveals the confluence of many different factors which ultimately brought tragedy. The inquest is expected to last up to six months and cost up to 10 million pounds ($20.9 million). Why didn't you have the reception arranged?'' In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. "Even though the tunnel was tricky, it was the first time I really heard screeching from a car coming fast inside the tunnel." Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 - 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from Elizabeth's accession as queen on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history. 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. 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. 21:42 GMT 16 Oct 2007. The oldest son of former Harrods owner and billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1955. What Happened To Dodi Fayed's Father, Mohamed? {5} Speaking English with a heavy French accent, casually-dressed Mr Huth told the court via video link from the Court of Appeal in Paris how he was staying at his parents' apartment on the Cour de Albert, just a hundred or so yards from the Alma tunnel, on the night of the crash. Born April 15, 1955 Died August 31, 1997 (42) Add to list Known for Chariots of Fire 7.1 Producer 1981 ``The fact is that I was paid to look after Dodi and his guest, and they died on my shift. 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