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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. In the car was driver Henri Paul, with Diana and partner Dodi Fayed in the back seats of the Mercedes, and Fayed's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, sitting on the right of the driver, in front of Diana. 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. However, his evidence is expected to concentrate on the events leading up to the crash. He was at an angle as he had been thrown in the front of the car. Diana, Princess of Wales, and her companion Dodi Fayed. 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". Dodi attended schools in Paris, the exclusive Le Rosey in Switzerland and had a brief stint at Sandhurst military academy, which Princes William and Harry also attended. "She was much lighter than Dodi and Rees-Jones's belt would have absorbed some of the extra force. "I remember I heard precisely the screeching of tyres and then one shock, two seconds after, another shock and a third, stronger shock," he said. Huth also said he saw a photographer arguing with a bystander who was trying to stop the paparazzo from taking pictures. Mohamed Al-Fayed came from a poor Egyptian background, but he always dreamed big. The summer in 1997 saw Princess Diana become the focus of relentless media attention after she embarked on her relationship with Dodi. Among them was a pedestrian who was the first to open the car door and see the princess on the floor and sobbing, "My God, my God.". Some conspiracy theorists believe that it wasn't the car accident in a Parisian traffic tunnel that killed Princess Diana in 1997 it was the lack of speedy medical attention that did. , updated For years conspiracies have swirled as to whether Diana's death was an inside job. Luc Chikhani, the surgeon called to treat Mr Rees immediately after the crash, said it was a miracle he had survived. At this point, Mr Huth said, two unnamed men appeared at the car and tried to open its rear door. He was trying to move and I talked to him. Is there any truth in that?" 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. Diana was known for her charity work, her status . According to Biography, he was born to an Egyptian businessman named Mohamed Al Fayed, and his mother was Samira Khashoggi, who was related to an arms dealer, Adnan Khashoggi. "Diana's was a very small injury but in the wrong place. Do not sell or share my personal information. Almost 21 years on from Princess Diana's tragic death, conspiracy theories continue to surround the Paris car crash that claimed her life. He said he tried to comfort bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones . 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. Clickheretouploadyours. Accounts of her last four hours published Thursday include details of the desperate attempts by doctors to save her life when it was discovered that she was dying from an internal hemorrhage, although she had only one visible injury _ a cut on her forehead. And, if it is identified, repairing it is even harder. Wreckage from the Mercedes, he said, was thrown half-way up the tunnel due to the force of the crash. 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. The horror scene where I found Diana dying, by the first man at Paris crash. "Her eyes were open and she moved, talking to me in a foreign language. During the 1990s, Dodi Fayed was romantically linked with Diana, Princess of Wales. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. "Veins, of course, are not subject to the same high-pressure pumping as arteries. Dr. Richard Shepherd is the top forensic pathologist in the UK, and he investigated the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Dodi's father, Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed, says Diana and his son were killed by British security services acting on the orders of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband and Diana's . Princess Diana, Dodi and driver Henri Paul were all killed in the horror smash but bodyguardTrevor Rees-Jones survived. 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. [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. Who was Dodi Fayed? Had she been strapped in she would have walked away with a black eye or maybe a broken arm, but nothing more. For other inquiries, Contact Us. 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. Play it now! One of the first people to reach the crash which killed Princess Diana has given a haunting account of the carnage he discovered. Diana died at a hospital after a car crash in a Paris tunnel. 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." Huth, now a filmmaker, said he was former dentist and had some training in emergency medicine so he rushed to the scene to see if he could help. 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. 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. She later returned to the ship in August without her sons and a photo of the pair kissing made headlines around the world. Dr Lipsedge held a session with Mr Rees just over a month after the crash and then two more in February 1998. She must have felt pain. 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. 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. But, sadly, by then it was too late. He broke every bone in his face and suffered serious chest injuries. Scotland Yard said it was "scoping" the information and . Dodi Fayed and Paul were declared dead at the scene . Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones . [21], "Dodi Al Fayed" redirects here. The son of of billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi was a film producer and jetsetter . Is that true? 2. stated that the cause of the crash was due to Mr Paul losing control of the . All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. She was brought to the hospital with a concussion, broken arm, a cut on her thigh and chest injuries. 08:43, 23 Jan 2008 He admitted that he could not identify this man, however. 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. Fayed was born in Alexandria and was the eldest son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods department store. Princess Diana with Dodi Fayed in an elevator at the Ritz hotel in Paris on Aug. 30, 1997, shortly before they died in a car crash. The Royal Family was initially just told Diana had a broken arm, and Charles was even making plans to visit her in hospital after the crash. 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. In July 1997, Fayed became romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales. Romuald Rat, a photographer who is under suspicion of failing to help Diana, said he pulled the door further open and found the princess trapped between the front and back seats and covered by a rug. 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. Stream unlimited music, thousands of radio stations and podcasts all
In fact, they bleed so slowly that identifying the problem is hard enough. And a royal aide claimsDianas relationship with Dodi would only have lasted a few more weekshad they both not died in the Paris car crash. I remember hearing somebody moaning and the name Dodi being muttered but I don't know if it was once or several times. He was answering a question in which Ian Burnett QC, for the coroner, outlined Mohamed Al Fayed's controversial claim that Diana was murdered. Dodi Fayed's father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, has claimed that Diana and Dodi were killed in a plot that was "arranged for or carried out" by security services on behalf of Prince Philip, the . "He had his jaw hanging and he was panicking. 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 also examined the drowned bodies after the Marchioness tragedy in which a Thames pleasure boat sank with the loss of 51 lives in 1989. In 2004, it was reported that he was working as a security expert in war-torn Iraq. 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. He was the half-brother of Omar Fayed, Camilla, Karim, and Jasmine Fayed. "Driver Henri Paul hit the steering wheel and his injuries reflected that but, microseconds later, he was also hit from behind by Dodi, who was a big man and who was still travelling at more than 60mp/h," Shepherd writes in the book. Speaking to The Times magazine, Camilla Fayed, who was 12 when the tragic event took place in Paris on August 31, 1997, said it is impossible to move on. 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. She later returned to the ship in August without her sons and a photo of the pair kissing made headlines around the world. 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. The Murder of Princess Diana: Directed by John Strickland. The only survivor of the crash was Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, who had worked as a private security guard for Mr al-Fayed at Harrods in London before guarding the princess and Mr Fayed . I realised he had professional materials.". 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. Email us attips@the-sun.co.ukor call 0207 782 4368 . DrRichard Shepherd said he was inundated with questions about Princess Di's autopsy but has long refused to reveal intimate details. Al Fayed believes Diana was pregnant by his son and that the couple planned to wed. "A few seconds afterward she looked at me and then closed her eyes.". 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. I told them that I thought one was alive and described the accident," he said. On August 31, 1997, the couple died in a car accident in a Paris tunnel while being chased by . Fayed was born in Alexandria and was the eldest son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods department store. After a two-hour operation to save her, the doctors failed to get Diana's . In a book excerpted by the Daily Mail Sunday, Shepherd shared his . 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 the 1997 car crash in Paris. The driver and Fayed died at the scene, but the People's Princess was not yet dead. Although she was said to have been alert following the accident, she went into cardiac arrest a short while . [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. In the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana and Fayed were killed in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma underpass in Paris. 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. A file picture from August 31, 1997 shows the back of the crumpled wreck of the Mercedez-Benz in which Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Al Fayed died following a crash in a Paris tunnel. Mr Burnett asked: "And did that happen?" "We're looking back to the 90s here - it would be big enough . For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Dodi Al Fayed was killed in car crash with Princess Diana in 1997, Princess Diana, Dodi and driver Henri Paul were all killed in the horror smash, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). He decided to inject some drugs to reduce the agitation, for her to accept treatment.. Now, their relationship has taken centerstage in the fifth season of Netflix's The Crown. These memories are vague and sometimes I doubt them, but they're coming back. Driver Henri Paul was also killed in the crash. 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"She became irritated," he added. The oldest son of former Harrods owner and billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1955. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Confirmation of Diana's consciousness was given by the first policeman on the scene, Sebastien Dorzee, who complained of being shoved by photographers as he tried to get her out. According to USA Today, Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul died on the scene, while Diana remained alive. "The pathology of her death is, I believe, indisputable. 'Was she pregnant?. "This man was in the middle of the car, probably his head was in the front. The cause of death also explains how Diana could be conscious and able to speak to rescuers, but her condition quickly worsened. Doctors managed to close . 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. Film producer Dodi Fayed was born in April 1955 in Alexandria, Egypt. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. "I approached the car and I saw the legs of a man. In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. Under British law, an inquest is needed to determine the cause of death. After Princess Diana and Dodi al Fayed's fast-paced and glamorous courtship, it was only natural that Fayed would take Diana to the Ritz Parisafter all, his father Mohamed owned it. Then, Princess Diana's funeral was held on September 6, 1997. In 1997, he got engaged to American model Kelly Fisher and bought a house in Malibu for themselves using money from his dad. So I forbidden them to open the door," Huth said. "This guy was panicking on the right [of the car]. By: Crime Feed Staff. At 4 a.m. Paris time, after two hours of massaging Diana's unbeating heart, doctors declared the princess dead. 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. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. A symbol of kindness and humanity, and a mother of two, Princess Diana was only 36 years old when she died. which listed the cause of death as internal hemorrhaging due to a major chest trauma and a phenomenon of deceleration which caused a rupture of the left pulmonary vein. Meanwhile, The Crowns Prince Charles actor slams calls for warning on Netflix show & says you can tell its fiction. "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. 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 . In The Crown season 5, Erin Richards plays Kelly, with the Netflix drama depicting her in a romance with Dodi . Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed were pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver, Henri Paul, died shortly after. 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. Dr Shepherd was the pathologist who carried out post mortem examinations when 35 were killed in the Clapham rail disaster in 1988. "I did not see what I learned after, that there was another person underneath, the princess," he added. The Metropolitan Police is assessing new information it has recently received about the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed in 1997. Due to the agitation, the first line, the first drip was removed, Lienhart said. 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." He told her in English that a doctor was on the way and then went to help Rees-Jones in the front seat. 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. New laws, social media and pandemic lockdowns have since helped deflate the practice of . Diana's death is a classic example of the way we say, after almost every death: if only. Her driver lost control of the car as it tried to outrun paparazzi on motorbikes. When she saw her friend was dead, I think she said, "My God.' 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