This field is required LONDON (Reuters) - 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. It was supposedly dead for me," he said. [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. He had his jaw hanging off. "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." Princess Diana, Dodi and driver Henri Paul were all killed in the horror smash but bodyguardTrevor Rees-Jones survived. 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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. Although he was off duty he had returned to the hotel of his own initiative. "Her eyes were open and she moved, talking to me in a foreign language. These memories are vague and sometimes I doubt them, but they're coming back. Getty Princess Diana died following a car crash in Paris, France, on August 31, 1997. Is there any truth in that?" [7], In 1986, Fayed married model Suzanne Gregard. You can respectfully suggest that this plan is crap, that you need more blokes, which I did, but if they don't listen to you, then your hands are tied.''. The BBC reports he was the son of an impoverished schoolteacher and . 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. [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". If there was no engagement then there was no conspiracy and no murder and Fayed's theories of sinister state craft, fuelled by disbelief that the incalculable loss of a beloved son was merely an accident of negligence, fail any test of plausibility. The book is written in the third person and based on a series of interviews with Mr Rees, his mother, Jill, and Dr Luc Chikhani, the surgeon who performed miracles in reconstructing Mr Rees's face. She later claimed Dodi had dumped her for Princess Diana and tried suing him for $500,000 because she said she had sacrificed her modelling career to marry him. Dodi relented on the bodyguard question Trevor would go with them but still insisted on one car only. Enter Mohamed Al Fayed, the controversial Egyptian business tycoon and then-owner of department store Harrods, who extended Diana an invitation to visit his villa in St. Tropez along with her sons . [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. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. I couldn't go knocking on their apartment door saying, `hey, where are we going tonight?' 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. Eventually, surgeons realized that her heart had given out. He married model Suzanne Gregard in 1986 but they divorced after just eight months together. He was relieved that there weren't more but he knew the pack would be upon them within seconds. The lovers spent time in the South of France and Sardinia before flying to Paris where they later died. 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. ``We'll be leaving from the back of the hotel with just one car. Trevor's clearest and last memories of the night are the Mercedes pulling away. 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. 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. '', They were followed by journalists but Trevor had asked them not to take any photos during the journey, especially at traffic lights and junctions. [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. 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. He has issued only the occasional statement and rarely gives interviews. {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. After dinner one evening Dodi suddenly led the troupe to a nightclub in St Tropez a little cellar club on a back alley just off the water front, followed by photographers. Mr Burnett said in the letter Mr Al Fayed was "making a very clear allegation". The Princess and the princes flew home to London on Sunday July 20 with the two boys immediately leaving their mother and joining their father at Balmoral. She may not have been a rocket scientist, but then neither am I. The inquest jury was told that Mr Al Fayed had written in February 2006 to Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, who produced the Paget report into the fatal Paris crash. Now, their relationship has taken. It was then that Mr Huth moved in closer to assess the state of the other victims and saw the body of Dodi Fayed, who had been captured on CCTV cameras just minutes earlier tenderly cuddling with Diana at the Ritz Hotel. She didn't like it while I thought it was quite a funny film. However, it's unclear how serious the two were: Princess Diana had. 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. ``The fact is that I was paid to look after Dodi and his guest, and they died on my shift. 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. Mr Murrell, who gave evidence by video link last week, is being recalled today and is listed to appear before Mr Rees. Princess Di and Dodi, son and heir to Egyptian billionaire and Harrods Department store owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, stunned many with their sudden romance. At the inquest into Diana's death, accident investigator Anthony Read said he could "almost guarantee" the couple would have survived had they been strapped in and the car travelling with in the speed limit. If anyone said that was a complete shambles I would totally agree with them. The princess was shaken, Dodi angry. "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 just to try to be quiet." ``There are a couple of photographers at the back, but not many.'' Her companion Dodi Fayed and driver and security guard Henri Paul were. 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Ren the butler had laid out Dodi's clothes: a casual brown suede jacket, blue jeans, a fine checked grey shirt and cowboy boots. According to the book, emergency services arrived at 12:38 a.m., six minutes after the crash, but it was an hour before Diana was removed from the wreck. Now Kelly Fisher was threatening to sue for breach of contract. "He sustained severe head injuries and it is quite common for this to cause major problems with memory. The second, unveiled in 2005 and titled Innocent Victims, is a 3-metre (10') high bronze statue of . Now, as he arrived alongside the yacht, he spotted her on the rear deck. 22:21 GMT 23 Jan 2008. Again Trevor and Kez followed in the Range Rover while the Mercedes with Dodi and Diana was surrounded by scooters and motorbikes. REUTERS/Files. The mob was waiting and Trevor raced to the car's rear door and opened it, ready to block for the couple as they pushed through the revolving doors and inside. 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. [20] In January 2018, it was announced that the statue would be returned to the Al-Fayed family. Tabloid pictures had shown him kissing the Princess of Wales and were causing a global sensation. Through the smoke pouring out from under the car bonnet, Mr Huth said he also could make out the body of Dodi Fayed, wearing blue jeans and cowboy boots, slumped between the front seats of the mangled Mercedes. 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. The summer in 1997 saw Princess Diana become the focus of relentless media attention after she embarked on her relationship with Dodi. 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. Mr Rees replied: "No sir, it didn't. This was the ring that ``proved'' the engagement of Diana and Dodi. T he sole survivor of the crash which claimed the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed, has finally decided to speak. Trevor heard the princess express her concern that one might fall under the wheels and be killed. 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. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after suffering fatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. I've got this hanging over me for the rest of my life. Get ahead of the day with the morning headlines at 7.30am and Fionnn Sheahan's exclusive take on the day's news every afternoon, with our free daily newsletter. 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. Her driver-security guard Henri Paul and alleged boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, were also killed in the crash after suffering fatal injuries. 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. '', But that wasn't Trevor's only concern. Due to the agitation, the first line, the first drip was removed, Lienhart said. He died on 31 August 1997 in Paris, France. Dr Lipsedge held a session with Mr Rees just over a month after the crash and then two more in February 1998. Pathologically there was no evidence that Princess Diana was pregnant, but some women say they know they're pregnant from the moment of conception. Fayed was born in Alexandria and was the eldest son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods department store. Rumorsmostly from Fayed's father, Mohamed Al-Fayedwere circulating that Diana was. As well as confirming that photographers pursuing the car on motorcycles were the first on the scene and were involved in scuffles with the police and public while they took pictures, the book gives verbatim accounts from witnesses. Dodi walked directly up to him, shook hands and chatted. Price tag 130,000. (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. 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." "Before I became a film maker I was a dentist/doctor specialising in surgery, so I went into the tunnel to see if I could help," he said. They danced a bit in this ``empty tacky little place''. 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. Who was Dodi Fayed? I don't remember the pain, but in my head there was a lot of confusion. Mr Huth said he tried to calm the princess's. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Minutes later Dodi popped his head out of the suite and confirmed it all. Mr Rees replied: "He had no part at all.". Dr. Richard Shepherd is the top forensic pathologist in the UK, and he investigated the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana and Dodi were killed after a . As a teenager he lost his adored maternal grandmother, who died of blood poisoning after a botched facelift operation. Coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker outlined to the jury in his opening in October that Mr Rees contends that Dodi had insisted on the plan while he "strongly advised" against it. 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. The paparazzi, who had been waiting outside Dodi's apartment, surrounded the entrance door as the Mercedes nosed into the street. Zero information coming from Dodi. 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. 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. I'm with three people now (Dodi, Diana and Fayed's wife Mrs Heini) on my own. But he was informed at 3.45am UK time that the Princess had died of her injuries. Camilla, now 35, said: Such a cataclysmic event how could it not change our family? ``I was absolutely gobsmacked when I found out that they'd been alone on holiday together.'' The psychiatrist explained: "In view of the time that has elapsed, the chances of him recovering his memory are very slight." Had she been strapped in she would have walked away with a black eye or maybe a broken arm, but nothing more. 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. She was agitated she refused treatment, he added. 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. The first thing he saw, he said, was the smoking wreckage of the car in the middle of the road. 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. He was answering a question in which Ian Burnett QC, for the coroner, outlined Mohamed Al Fayed's controversial claim that Diana was murdered. 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. In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. 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. Mr Burnett asked: "And did that happen?" I do not remember if the motorbikes followed us, but I do know that journalists were following us.'' When she saw her friend was dead, I think she said, "My God.' Kelly started dating Dodi Al Fayed in 1996. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. But he did publish a book, The Bodyguard's Story, in 2000, in which he rejected conspiracy theories about the accident. Trevor Rees-Jones is aware that the rather gaudy chunk of gold and precious stones exists, but insists that Dodi and Diana didn't buy it. Dodi Fayed was a 42-year-old man/child with a lavish monthly allowanceby most accounts $100,000. [15] Contents 1Henri Paul 1.1Security service connections 1.2Blood samples 2Tomlinson's allegation of MI6 involvement 3Relationship with Dodi Fayed 3.1Pregnancy 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. He was at an angle as he had been thrown in the front of the car. For Trevor ``this was the final straw''. 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. Mr Rees took the stand at the central London. The claims were made by the worker to journalist Paul McMullan in 1997, just weeks before both Diana and Dodi died in a tragic car crash in Paris. 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. 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. [1] After completing his education, he was an attach at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in London. Mohamed Al-Fayed came from a poor Egyptian background, but he always dreamed big. Cause Of Death For Former NFL Receiver Charles Johnson Revealed A report from the North Carolina state medical examiner has revealed the official cause of death for retired NFL wide. 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. Then he slipped in lightly, ``So, it's straight back then. Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Meanwhile, The Crowns Prince Charles actor slams calls for warning on Netflix show & says you can tell its fiction. ``I'd just had it. 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. 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. "I remember I. "I approached the car and I saw the legs of a man. The ambulance drove at about 20 mph and had to stop for five minutes because Diana's heart started failing. "She became irritated," he added. Back at the bar the bodyguards sat near the entrance, where they had a view of the staircase. It may even have been the Ford Ka driven by another eyewitness, Francois Levistre, who stopped briefly after the accident but did not get out of his car and eventually fled the scene. 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. He (Dodi) wants me to drive. I concluded it was Princess Diana. It could be about anything. The lovers spent time in the South of France and Sardinia before flying to Paris where they later died. 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. As Trevor went downstairs to find Henri Paul, Kez was alone with Diana and Dodi and gave it one last try.
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