Henri Paul was a security man not a chauffeur. 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. Dodi gave orders for the driver to put the foot down and they lost the photographers before they arrived at the Ritz. Her death prompted an unprecedented. ``But two cars are best '' Dodi then invoked the magic words, ``It's been okayed by my father.''. The inquest is expected to last up to six months and cost up to 10 million pounds ($20.9 million). 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The couple did indeed visit the Repossi store some three weeks earlier on August 5, but that visit does not serve Fayed's theory as it was too early in the fledgling romance to be even notionally convincing as the date they might have ordered an engagement ring. Why didn't you have the reception arranged?'' [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. In Paris on Saturday August 30, two vehicles a Mercedes and a Range Rover waited at the airport with their drivers. Dodi walked directly up to him, shook hands and chatted. [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. THE pathologist who examined Princess Diana's body has revealed some of the burning questions he is often asked about her death. The couple didn't move. View our online Press Pack. Actors Khalid Abdalla and Salim Daw as Dodi Fayed and Mohamed Al Fayed in Netflix's royal drama, 'The Crown,' 2022. He also claimed that, after the crash, he felt himself coming under pressure to "contain" Mr Rees's family to prevent them speaking out against the Fayed interests. Outside the the front entrance the official licensed driver Phillipe Dourneau was waiting in a car as was his superior, the director of Etoile Limousine, in another high performance model. Realising that a serious incident must have taken place, he ran to the balcony of the apartment because he feared it could involve a friend of his, Lionel Ronssin, who had just gone out to park his car. 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. He was taken, along with the Princess, to La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris and in the following weeks, underwent extensive reconstructive facial surgery. Dr Shepherd was a Home Office pathologist when he was called on to carry out the autopsy on Diana, one of the 23,000 or so he has performed in his career. 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. So why had Dodi chosen Henri Paul to drive? The tough cross-examination he underwent from some of the lawyers is thought to have deterred other paparazzi from giving evidence and to have worried French authorities. ``The fact is that I was paid to look after Dodi and his guest, and they died on my shift. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The rest of the time he patrolled the floor. She died from internal bleeding at 4:53 a.m. on August 31, 1997. Eventually, surgeons realized that her heart had given out. The second, unveiled in 2005 and titled Innocent Victims, is a 3-metre (10') high bronze statue of . 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. Wednesday, 18 January 2023 | -0.3C Dublin, Menu Sections. In 2004, it was reported that he was working as a security expert in war-torn Iraq. Death was due to internal haemorrhaging as a result of crushing of the rib cage and the phenomenon of deceleration, causing a rupture of the pericardium and a wound to the left pulmonary vein, upon which surgery was performed. When he was 15, Dodi moved to London and became a familiar face on the nightclub scene. 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. "This man was in the middle of the car, probably his head was in the front. REUTERS/Files. 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. 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. The car was travelling at up to 70mph - twice the speed limit - and Paul was three times over the drink-drive limit. ``We could see the situation was winding them up, and we thought we'll just give them a bit of privacy. After that Trevor Rees-Jones remembers nothing of the car crash, which he is still trying to come to terms with. Now, as he arrived alongside the yacht, he spotted her on the rear deck. Virtual silence, that is, but for one interview with the Daily Mirror shortly after the crash which he now says he agreed to give only under duress from his employer. Dr Lipsedge held a session with Mr Rees just over a month after the crash and then two more in February 1998. In cross examination, Mr Huth said he may have seen a "clear-coloured car" parked at the exit of the tunnel, but could not be sure as his memory was "foggy". Luc Chikhani, the surgeon called to treat Mr Rees immediately after the crash, said it was a miracle he had survived. , updated About 71 results for Dodi Fayed . 'Was she peaceful?' 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. He is said to have once commented: "There's no-one in the world who has got to live with what I have got to live with." Suddenly, for Trevor at least, the action stopped on August 15. 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 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. ``We never got into any major conversations, but the conversations we did have were like talking to any sort of person. Trevor had seen the princess before in Harrods when she visited the boss, but she wasn't in Dodi's circle of friends and he hadn't had to protect her before. The lovers spent time in the South of France and Sardinia before flying to Paris where they later died. He lifted her head to see if she was alive and heard her moaning. [19], The memorials were designed by 80-year-old Bill Mitchell, a close friend of Dodi's father and architect for Harrods for more than 40 years. No one will ever forget.. 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. Mohamed reportedly spends 300 days a year sitting beside his sons body for hours at his lavish mausoleum in the grounds of his mansion in Surrey. 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. 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. In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. Another of Mr Al Fayed's suspicions is that the book was penned by journalist Martin Gregory. He told her in English that a doctor was on the way and then went to help Rees-Jones in the front seat. 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. 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Trevor argued it was safe to leave by the front but Dodi insisted the party should leave from the back with one car only. 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. 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Mr Huth was then shown a picture of paparazzo Romauld Rat who, the jury has heard, was one of the first photographers to arrive at the scene. As they drove through thePont de l'Alma tunnel, they crashed into a pillar. Scroll down for more {4} Mr Rees said he agreed with the diagnosis. 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. 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. I'll see you back at the apartment.'' Mr Huth said he tried to calm the princess's. 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. The inquest jury was reminded by Mr Burnett that Dr Lipsedge has said the former bodyguard's memories about the crash ended when the car left the Ritz and any recollections after this could be false memories. 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. Mr Al Fayed believes that Mr Murrell was also turned against him by the security services, the jury has heard. Trevor had met Henri Paul before. The psychiatrist explained: "In view of the time that has elapsed, the chances of him recovering his memory are very slight." I do not remember if the motorbikes followed us, but I do know that journalists were following us.'' 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. 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