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. Citat: 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. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. But there's more: discover your full benefits now. ``It's just a 10 minute drive. T he sole survivor of the crash which claimed the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed, has finally decided to speak. Now, their relationship has taken. "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." The time was 12.20am and some seconds as the Mercedes engines gunned and left at speed, from the back of the hotel. When he was 15, Dodi moved to London and became a familiar face on the nightclub scene. Camilla runs vegan restaurant Farmacy in Notting Hill, although she currently lives on a farm in Kent. ``We could see the situation was winding them up, and we thought we'll just give them a bit of privacy. Now for a club sandwich. Discover your full benefits as a Premium subscriber. 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. {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. He could feel the good mood slipping away. View our online Press Pack. He again saw the white or light coloured car that ``crossed the road and followed us. Diana Princes of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed arriving back at the Ritz Hotel in Paris for the final time. Trevor was at the back entrance and looked out. 'Was she pregnant?. The key element of the jigsaw was in place but another few pieces of a fatal puzzle still had to be slotted home. What Happened To Dodi Fayed's Father, Mohamed? Ren the butler had laid out Dodi's clothes: a casual brown suede jacket, blue jeans, a fine checked grey shirt and cowboy boots. Trevor believes that Dodi trusted Henri Paul, just as he trusted Dourneau who would drive the decoy car at the front. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. 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. I realised he had professional materials." He remembers nothing after that." 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. He had his jaw hanging and he was panicking. Her companionDodi Fayedand driver and security guard Henri Paul were also killed in the crash while her bodyguardTrevor Rees-Jonessurvived with horrific injuries. The inquest is expected to last up to six months and cost up to 10 million pounds ($20.9 million). He was taken, along with the Princess, to La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris and in the following weeks, underwent extensive reconstructive facial surgery. 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. 13:35 GMT 16 Oct 2007 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." Had she been strapped in she would have walked away with a black eye or maybe a broken arm, but nothing more. The couple divorced after eight months. 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. Asked whether there were photographers at the scene by this time, Mr Huth replied: "Yes, there were photographers taking pictures a photographer on my side who was shooting at the car. GETTY IMAGES. In a book excerpted by the Daily Mail Sunday, Shepherd shared his . For this 10 day holiday she and the two princes, William and Harry, would be based at Castle St-Therese, the family's cliffside estate at St Tropez, a heavily secured compound with more than a dozen security personnel and snarling guard dogs. But he was informed at 3.45am UK time that the Princess had died of her injuries. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. He also worked for his father on Harrods' marketing. Former bodyguard Trevor Rees said yesterday that he remembered little else of the doomed journey and denied that he was part of a murder conspiracy. [21], Egyptian film producer and partner of Diana, Princess of Wales (19551997), "Dodi Al Fayed" redirects here. Kelly said they were reportedly engaged when Fayed started dating Princess Diana. I'll see you back at the apartment.'' A 20-minute recording of the call was played in London in 2007 during the inquest into Diana's death. By 3 a.m. her heart was kept pumping only by the injection of adrenaline and several electric. The couple didn't move. He was trying to move and I talked to him. The restlessness that had begun during the last few days became almost manic during the next few hours. 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. 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. ``I accept the evidence of the post mortem but there was not a single suspicion that he had any drink taken let alone was actually drunk,'' he said. It . The driver unfortunately had his head inside and it was not moving. Princess Diana's death in Paris 24 years ago sparked a wave of conspiracy theories, egged on by the father of her boyfriend Dodi Fayed, who died alongside her. ``It's Mr Dodi's idea,'' insisted Henri Paul. Dodi's hand went up to shield his face the princess looked anguished as she took a running stride towards the door. Fayed has persistently propounded what were found to be conspiracy theoriesat the inquest[13][14]and has repeatedly claimed that he believes his son was murdered with Diana. Enter email address [13][14] Fayed's father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, has said that the couple "were executed by MI6 agents". I n the summer of 1997, the world was introduced to Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed via the image of a single blurred kiss. 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. "I was worried and really concentrating on the fact that I should call for help to try and help these people," he explained. ``Look, get your shots as they come and go without hassling them and hold off from any pictures while they are in transit,'' Kez said. 08:43 GMT 23 Jan 2008 But the latest headline-hogging family imbroglio involves one of Omar's sisters, Camilla. He was charming and generous, but his good intentions couldn't dislodge his reputation for . 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. 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. 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The results of Dodi's delay had enormously bothered the couple. Mr Rees answered: "That is not true." On 31 August 1997, Princess Diana, Dodi and their driver Henri Paul were killed in a crash in the city's Pont de l'Alma tunnel after leaving the Ritz Hotel. Dodi's Father on Diana's Death. There was nothing in Henri Paul's behaviour that raised a red flag though he was in the two bodyguards' company for a matter of five minutes. Flashbulbs popped when they walked around the back of the car to get to the rear right door, the princess taking huge strides in her delicate high heels, eyes down as Trevor briskly ushered her into the back seat. 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. 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. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after suffering fatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. And Trevor Rees-Jones is adamant they died because their driver was drunk and drugged. The oldest son of former Harrods owner and billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1955. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Fayed took these dreamy meanderings as gospel testimony because they suited his own theories of a deep love and betrothal between his son and the princess and a deadly plot to stop it in its tracks. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. He added: "Trevor Rees-Jones remembers getting into the Mercedes in the Rue Cambon and the car driving off. Then, speaking in person today, Mr Rees told the jury: My other memories are very vague. "This man was in the middle of the car, probably his head was in the front. Trevor argued it was safe to leave by the front but Dodi insisted the party should leave from the back with one car only. DrRichard Shepherd has revealed some of the queries he has received about the people's princess down the years. She died from internal bleeding at 4:53 a.m. on August 31, 1997. 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. The following night Diana arrived by Mercedes with no security except her driver. 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. Inside the car, it was like a freeze frame in the movies. 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. These were nice conversations.''. Fayed would later admit to talking to Dodi 15 minutes before he left the Ritz but ``concerning the decision to ask Henri Paul to drive. 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. Investigations by French and British police concluded that their chauffeur, Henri Paul, was driving under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs; paparazzi chasing the couple are also believed to have contributed to the accident. This ring was the ``proof'' that the ill-starred couple were victims of a conspiracy at the highest echelons of the British establishment and assassinated with the connivance of the secret service. Top 5,000 958 Dodi Fayed was born on 15 April 1955 in Alexandria, Egypt. Mr al-Fayed recently paid tribute to "kind, gentle, courteous" Dodi weeks ahead of the anniversary of his death. , updated The next job would be to get the couple back to the apartment after dinner if that is what Dodi decided to do. 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. But he did publish a book, The Bodyguard's Story, in 2000, in which he rejected conspiracy theories about the accident. At 11.40pm on that last night Trevor and Kez were at the door of the suite. It could be about anything. Yesterday, psychiatrist Dr Maurice Lipsedge told the hearing in a written statement that a "few" recollections might come back to Trevor Rees but they could be things learned since the crash and therefore unreliable. Speaking in 2000, Mr Chikhani said: "I have never seen so many fractures on a man who was still alive." Shortly after midnight, a Mercedes-Benz left the Ritz hotel in Paris carrying the princess and her boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed, an Egyptian film producer . 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. During those frenetic, absurd and almost ludicrous days before Diana's death, as an unlikely romance did indeed blossom amid the pop pop of paparazzi flash guns in the South of France, he is adamant the couple did not choose the ring in Monte Carlo on August 23, as claimed by Fayed, or in St Tropez the previous night. Meanwhile, The Crowns Prince Charles actor slams calls for warning on Netflix show & says you can tell its fiction. Mr Burnett asked: "And did that happen?" The ambulance drove at about 20 mph and had to stop for five minutes because Diana's heart started failing. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after sufferingfatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. As Trevor went downstairs to find Henri Paul, Kez was alone with Diana and Dodi and gave it one last try. DODI Al Fayed's life was cut tragically short when the car he was travelling in with his lover Princess Diana crashed in Paris, killing both of them. Mr Huth said he tried to calm the princess's. 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. He could never swear that they had been uttered and he never did. 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. Dr Shepherd was the pathologist who carried out post mortem examinations when 35 were killed in the Clapham rail disaster in 1988. PRINCESS DIANA'S romance with Dodi Fayed, the Egyptian-born film magnate, was just beginning when the two died in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997. THE pathologist who examined Princess Diana's body has revealed some of the burning questions he is often asked about her death. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Mr Rees replied: "He had no part at all.". 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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. Then he slipped in lightly, ``So, it's straight back then. 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. 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. Dr. Richard Shepherd is the top forensic pathologist in the UK, and he investigated the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. [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. Now Kelly Fisher was threatening to sue for breach of contract. Forty minutes later the couple were on edge when they saw the number of paparazzi. DrRichard Shepherd said he was inundated with questions about Princess Di's autopsy but has long refused to reveal intimate details. Kelly started dating Dodi Al Fayed in 1996. She later returned to the ship in August without her sons and a photo of the pair kissing made headlines around the world. He was previously married to Susanne Gregard. At this point, Mr Huth said, two unnamed men appeared at the car and tried to open its rear door. ``We never got into any major conversations, but the conversations we did have were like talking to any sort of person. I did not know what the fight was really about, even though I thought it was really stupid to take those pictures. Meanwhile the wooing of Diana had got off to an inauspicious start. The first thing he saw, he said, was the smoking wreckage of the car in the middle of the road. In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. Mr Rees was Dodi Fayed's bodyguard and the front-seat passenger in the Mercedes. Flashbulbs started popping as photographers who had learned of the rendezvous spotted the car. 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. Minutes later Dodi popped his head out of the suite and confirmed it all. Mr Rees was present throughout the day before the tragedy and is seen in CCTV accompanying Dodi to the Repossi jewellers where Mr Al Fayed believes an "engagement" ring was bought for Diana. Trevor had heard the second in command of security at the Ritz say this plan had been okayed by Fayed. 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. I didn't see her because I didn't approach enough the car, I guess, to see that person. ``But two cars are best '' Dodi then invoked the magic words, ``It's been okayed by my father.''. Dodi's father was also the former owner of Fulham Football Club and the Htel Ritz Paris. On August 31, 1997, after a dinner at Mohamed Al Fayed's Ritz hotel in Paris, the pair were hounded by French paparazzi on motorbikes. The Mercedes arrived and Henri Paul stepped towards the car to switch with the driver. 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. Emergency specialist Jean-Marc Martino said that in the shattered wreck of the smoldering Mercedes limousine, Diana was shouting and saying things in English which were comprehensible but incoherent. 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. . 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. Instead, she was hurtling forward with the weight of one and a half elephants, and the human body is not designed to suffer those forces.. Now, their relationship . At 10.01pm the two bodyguards hustled the pair up to the grand staircase to the door of the Imperial suite. According to a new book, when the emergency workers arrived they gave priority to her bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, who appeared to be more seriously injured. He has also written another book on this topic which is "not supportive" of Mr Al Fayed's claims, Mr Burnett said. We pay forvideostoo. [5] He was the first cousin of the late Washington Post Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was assassinated in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2018. Clickheretouploadyours. It was supposedly dead for me," he said. "I approached the car and I saw the legs of a man. Fayed's father erected two memorials to his son and Diana at Harrods.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. "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 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. Mr Burnett asked: "It has also been suggested that the book was written with Dominic Lawson, who was the editor of the Sunday Telegraph. I didn't know who these persons were.

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