Only Survivor In Diana’s Crash To Testify

By Matthew Williams
15:32, January 22nd 2008
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Only Survivor In Diana’s Crash To Testify

The survivor of the accident in which Princess Diana was killed will testify on Wednesday for the inquest on her death.

Former bodyguard Trevor Rees, formerly known as Trevor Rees-Jones, was on the front- seat passenger in the car on the fatal night of August 31, 1997. He was the only survivor in that crush which killed Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed, her boyfriend, and Henri Paul, their driver.

Rees suffered from multiple injuries and was hospitalized many times. He had injuries at his lower jaw, pulmonary system and the base of his brain.

He declared that he couldn’t remember anything from the crash. The only thing that he was recalling was when they’ve left the Ritz Hotel in Paris on that night and the next thing waking up in a hospital bed, a week later. That’s when he found from his parents that everyone in the car has died.

Rees was a bodyguard hired by Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi Fayed’s father, at the time of the accident. He was supposed to look after Dodi and the princess as well. Because of his job requirements, Rees didn’t wear the seat belt on that night so that he could have more mobility.

Right now he doesn’t work anymore for Al Fayed and the good relationship he had with his former employer was gone.

According to CNN, he wasn’t happy with the departure from the hotel that night and that neither him, nor the driver had received more information from Dodi Fayed about the destination.

Also regarding the plan to leave the hotel by the back door “was not the plan that I was happy with,” he said.

Another thing he didn’t agree with was Fayed’s idea to travel in one car, the Mercedes, without a security behind them.

Rees declared that he left from Al Fayed because he felt pressured to support his conspiracy theories regarding the accident.

Rees published in 2000 a book, "The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor," in which he told his side of the story about the crash.



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