For other inquiries, Contact Us. He could never swear that they had been uttered and he never did. Zero information coming from Dodi. Mr Burnett said in the letter Mr Al Fayed was "making a very clear allegation". He married model Suzanne Gregard in 1986 but they divorced after just eight months together. He told her in English that a doctor was on the way and then went to help Rees-Jones in the front seat. 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. [15] Fayed's former spokesman, Michael Cole, has said that the couple became engaged before their deaths. Now, their relationship . 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. 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. 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. Not to a nightclub?'' Jerome Reilly listens to The Bodyguard's Story. Princess Di and Dodi, son and heir to Egyptian billionaire and Harrods Department store owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, stunned many with their sudden romance. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Although he was off duty he had returned to the hotel of his own initiative. By this time, he said, paramedics had begun to arrive so he walked back out of the tunnel and returned the mobile phone he had borrowed. Ren the butler had laid out Dodi's clothes: a casual brown suede jacket, blue jeans, a fine checked grey shirt and cowboy boots. The driver unfortunately had his head inside and it was not moving. The paparazzi were already ensconced and the faxed press clippings daily flowed in from London for the Fayeds and their royal guest to devour. I've got this hanging over me for the rest of my life. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 - 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from Elizabeth's accession as queen on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history. 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. She died from internal bleeding at 4:53 a.m. on August 31, 1997. [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. Dodi Fayed, as he is more commonly . The lovers spent time in the South of France and Sardinia before flying to Paris where they later died. Professor Andre Lienhart, who investigated Dianas medical treatment for a French examining magistrate, spelt out for the jury in detail how she was treated in the battle to save her life on the night of August 31, 1997. In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. That was the main thing. Diana and Dodi Fayed died in Paris in the early hours of August 31, . 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. This was on the order of the Deputy Public Prosecutor Maud Coujard. But he was informed at 3.45am UK time that the Princess had died of her injuries. He broke every bone in his face and suffered serious chest injuries. Scroll down for more {2} {R} "When I approached the car [there was] smoke and the sound of the horn and I saw the two airbags were open. Cause of death: Traffic collision: Resting place: Fayed Estate, Oxted . He joined Trevor and Kez who presumed he was on duty. It is the first time that Mr Huth's dramatic testimony has ever been heard in public and is most traumatic account of the aftermath of the tragedy heard so far by the inquest jury. Dodi doesn't want a bodyguard.''. However, his evidence is expected to concentrate on the events leading up to the crash. Trevor heard the princess express her concern that one might fall under the wheels and be killed. Daniel Eyraud, the surgeon who treated her, said the hemorrhage was discovered only after X-rays. 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. 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. "When I approached the car [there was] smoke and the sound of the klaxon - sorry, horn. He was taken, along with the Princess, to La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris and in the following weeks, underwent extensive reconstructive facial surgery. Trevor cringes at the recollection. He was charming and generous, but his good intentions couldn't dislodge his reputation for . An inquest held in London concluded in 2008 that the Princess had been unlawfully killed, blaming the crash on grossly negligent driving by Paul and the pursuing paparazzi. "The princess had turned round in relation to her initial sitting position and her head was between the two seats and she could see her friend in front of her," Dorzee said. The rest of the time he patrolled the floor. Is there any truth in that?" He admitted that he could not identify this man, however. Her companionDodi Fayedand driver and security guard Henri Paul were also killed in the crash while her bodyguardTrevor Rees-Jonessurvived with horrific injuries. [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. Now for a club sandwich. At this point, Mr Huth said, two unnamed men appeared at the car and tried to open its rear door. He was, perhaps, a little too chatty but obviously Dodi had a lot of faith in him.''. The inquest is expected to last up to six months and cost up to 10 million pounds ($20.9 million). "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." GETTY IMAGES. 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 . Dr Lipsedge held a session with Mr Rees just over a month after the crash and then two more in February 1998. Neither was wearing a seat belt. Suddenly, for Trevor at least, the action stopped on August 15. 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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. Camilla runs vegan restaurant Farmacy in Notting Hill, although she currently lives on a farm in Kent. 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. Trevor preceded the princess out the door followed by Dodi about 10 feet behind. Since St Tropez the couple had been alone in Sardinia, on board the Jonikal, the second of two short breaks they'd taken since returning from France. I couldn't go knocking on their apartment door saying, `hey, where are we going tonight?' This was a terrible plan. The sole survivor of the crash which claimed the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed, has finally decided to speak. ``I'd just had it. Mr al-Fayed recently paid tribute to "kind, gentle, courteous" Dodi weeks ahead of the anniversary of his death. 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 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. [2][3], Fayed was a student at Collge Saint Marc before attending the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. {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. 4:47 PM. For other inquiries, Contact Us. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. 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. Again Trevor and Kez followed in the Range Rover while the Mercedes with Dodi and Diana was surrounded by scooters and motorbikes. 3-min read Dodi Fayed's ex-girlfriend is still haunted by the death of Princess Diana. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. '', A Mediahuis Website The summer in 1997 saw Princess Diana become the focus of relentless media attention after she embarked on her relationship with Dodi. Mr Al Fayed believes that Mr Murrell was also turned against him by the security services, the jury has heard. After learning of Dodi's romance with Diana, Kelly phoned her ex to vent her fury. Welcome! "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. 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. He was answering a question in which Ian Burnett QC, for the coroner, outlined Mohamed Al Fayed's controversial claim that Diana was murdered. 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. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after sufferingfatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. 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. Driver Henri Paul was also killed in the crash. 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By 3 a.m. her heart was kept pumping only by the injection of adrenaline and several electric. I do not remember if the motorbikes followed us, but I do know that journalists were following us.'' View our online Press Pack. It was an absurd throw of the dice of fate which brought together the royal outsider, neurotic and self-professed Queen of Hearts, and the feckless but good natured son of a billionaire merchant prince who would always be merely a boy in a man's world dominated by his overbearing father. He added: "I got close enough to speak to the bodyguard - I know now it was the bodyguard - that was still alive, but not close enough to see that there was another person in the car, under the seat." 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. ``He didn't click with me as a person. ``It's Mr Dodi's idea,'' insisted Henri Paul. [20] In January 2018, it was announced that the statue would be returned to the Al-Fayed family. ``The fact is that I was paid to look after Dodi and his guest, and they died on my shift. It was supposedly dead for me," he said. "She became irritated," he added. He has also written another book on this topic which is "not supportive" of Mr Al Fayed's claims, Mr Burnett said. Trevor Rees-Jones told Weekend Review this week that he still cannot fathom how Henri Paul could be three times over the legal limit and yet Rees-Jones didn't notice he had drink taken. "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. The first thing he saw, he said, was the smoking wreckage of the car in the middle of the road. 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. The two met in Paris in July 1996. Diana and Dodi were killed after a . 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. So why had Dodi chosen Henri Paul to drive? He again saw the white or light coloured car that ``crossed the road and followed us. The quiet tribute to Fayed, 41, was overshadowed by national mourning for 36-year-old Princess Diana, who died shortly after the same car crash in Paris early Sunday. Among areas he is likely to give evidence on will be the crucial question of the doomed plan for Mr Paul - who was not a chauffeur - to drive the couple that night as part of a ruse to evade the paparazzi. 22:21 GMT 23 Jan 2008. Season five of The Crown introduces viewers to Dodi Al Fayed, who tragically died alongside Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. 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