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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. The lawsuit was later dropped out of respect for Dodi's family after he and Diana died in the car crash. 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. ``You never told us where we were going. 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. 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 . ``I was absolutely gobsmacked when I found out that they'd been alone on holiday together.'' I didn't know until the end. I told them that I thought one was alive and described the accident," he said. He dashed to the rear right door and blocked it for the princess as this breathtaking woman emerged from the back seat still sun tanned from the Cote d'Azur all legs and high heels in a very glamorous, skin tight short blue cocktail dress. Diana and Dodi had first met at a 1986 polo match in Windsor while Diana was still married to Prince Charles, although nothing came from the exchange. Speaking in 2000, Mr Chikhani said: "I have never seen so many fractures on a man who was still alive." Wreckage from the Mercedes, he said, was thrown half-way up the tunnel due to the force of the crash. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Clickheretouploadyours. 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. 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. Mr Rees may also be able to give evidence on whether Mr Paul had been drinking. The time was 12.20am and some seconds as the Mercedes engines gunned and left at speed, from the back of the hotel. Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em Fayed , better known as Dodi Fayed , was an Egyptian film producer and the son of billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed. Due to the agitation, the first line, the first drip was removed, Lienhart said. "When you say you have lost your memory, you are telling a bare-faced lie, Mr Rees, are you?" His experience also includes working on the terror attacks on 9/11, in Bali in 2002 and the London 7/7 bombings in 2005. Dodi Fayed, as he is more commonly . 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 died almost instantly at the scene of the crash and his body was flown to Britain, for a funeral service in line with Muslim customs. He said: People asked: 'Was she beautiful?' 3-min read Dodi Fayed's ex-girlfriend is still haunted by the death of Princess Diana. Trevor's clearest and last memories of the night are the Mercedes pulling away. View our online Press Pack. Dodi paused. 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. "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. "I remember I. 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. 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. [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. It could be about anything. 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. The bodyguards said they would have to report this to London but Henri Paul told Kez, ``It's been okayed by Mr Mohamed,'' Kez remains sure of this phrase ``Mr Mohamed'' standing out from the ubiquitous ``the Boss'' of the lads. As he set out chilled wine and caviar before they left for dinner, Diana changed into skinny white jeans, high heeled black Versace sling back pumps, and a tank-top under a beautifully cut black blazer. Trevor had met Henri Paul before. Kez chatted with the couple. Welcome! Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em Fayed (/fad/; Egyptian Arabic: , romanized:Imd ed-Dn Muammad Abd el-Munim el-Fyid [emd ddin mmmd bdelmenem elfjed], 17 April 1955 31 August 1997), better known as Dodi Fayed (Arabic: [dudi]), was an Egyptian film producer and the son of billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed. It was such an embarrassingly sterile environment. 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.. 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. He worked as a junior officer in theUnited Arab Emirates air force, stationed in London, but he soon moved into the film industry - producing films such as Chariots of Fire and The Scarlet Letter. the security lads at the villa joked as the holiday progressed. Diana died in a high-speed car accident. Its not an easy thing to forget. Her driver-security guard Henri Paul and alleged boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, were also killed in the crash after suffering fatal injuries. 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. The restlessness that had begun during the last few days became almost manic during the next few hours. 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. Eventually, surgeons realized that her heart had given out. He has also written another book on this topic which is "not supportive" of Mr Al Fayed's claims, Mr Burnett said. Inside the car, it was like a freeze frame in the movies. I'm with three people now (Dodi, Diana and Fayed's wife Mrs Heini) on my own. 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 couple divorced after eight months. Popular Netflix show cancelled after just one series - leaving fans gutted, Im 92 but still rock minidresses - I've got a 2 secret to looking young, Baby among 6 festival-goers sliced to death by glass-encrusted kite strings, Thousands of British Gas customers to get 250 help with energy bills, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. I'll see you back at the apartment.'' THE sister of Dodi Fayed has spoken about the fateful night her brother died in the car crash with Princess Diana and said it has changed their family forever. Mohamed Al-Fayed came from a poor Egyptian background, but he always dreamed big. ``We'll be leaving from the back of the hotel with just one car. 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. 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. of Wales following death and reported on the cause. Mr al-Fayed recently paid tribute to "kind, gentle, courteous" Dodi weeks ahead of the anniversary of his death. 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. 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. The next job would be to get the couple back to the apartment after dinner if that is what Dodi decided to do. "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. Independent.ie. Now Kelly Fisher was threatening to sue for breach of contract. DrRichard Shepherd has revealed some of the queries he has received about the people's princess down the years. 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. ``It's Mr Dodi's idea,'' insisted Henri Paul. When he was 15, Dodi moved to London and became a familiar face on the nightclub scene. 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. "They asked me how many people were there and I told them three because I didn't know there was a fourth person in the car. 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". 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. Mr Al Fayed believes that Mr Murrell was also turned against him by the security services, the jury has heard. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. 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. The princess's chest had been compressed in the crash, damaging both her right lung and her heart. Scroll down for more {3} "This guy was panicking on the right [of the car]. The Playboy was linked to a string of famous women - including rumours he dated actresses Brooke Shields, Winona Ryder and Nancy Sinatra. Princess Diana, Dodi and driver Henri Paul were all killed in the horror smash but bodyguardTrevor Rees-Jones survived. 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The second, unveiled in 2005 and titled Innocent Victims, is a 3-metre (10') high bronze statue of . Michael Peyser, who worked on the film with Fayed, recalls one of Fayed's bodyguards getting into an altercation with a bus driver after the bus got too close to Fayed's car. 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. ``They did what we asked.''. The unlikely romance was now being played out behind the grey facades of two buildings, 55 and 60 Park Lane, London, well disguised above an anonymous Lexus dealership. He again saw the white or light coloured car that ``crossed the road and followed us. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after sufferingfatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. 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. 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. ``No straight back,'' said Diana laughing. 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. Kelly started dating Dodi Al Fayed in 1996. In that newspaper interview he spoke of the ``last words of Diana'' in which she called out for Dodi with her dying breaths. Zero information coming from Dodi. 22:21 GMT 23 Jan 2008. In 2004, it was reported that he was working as a security expert in war-torn Iraq. Now, as he arrived alongside the yacht, he spotted her on the rear deck. 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. We pay for your stories! 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. No one will ever forget.. As Trevor went downstairs to find Henri Paul, Kez was alone with Diana and Dodi and gave it one last try. As soon as they got the couple upstairs, Trevor and Kez came down to try and calm the photographers. And Trevor Rees-Jones is adamant they died because their driver was drunk and drugged. The driver unfortunately had his head inside and it was not moving. 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. 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. 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. 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. About 71 results for Dodi Fayed . Dodi walked directly up to him, shook hands and chatted. 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. ``The fact is that I was paid to look after Dodi and his guest, and they died on my shift. 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