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 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. Princess Diana's cause of death was officially a severed pulmonary vein. I realised he had professional materials." He was previously married to Susanne Gregard. 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. Kez chatted with the couple. Although he was off duty he had returned to the hotel of his own initiative. 'Was she pregnant?. 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. She explained: Does it feel distant, like somebodys elses story? He had his jaw hanging and he was panicking. [7], In 1986, Fayed married model Suzanne Gregard. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. He could not see the barely-conscious Princess, however, as she was trapped low in the rear footwell of the car and obscured by her boyfriend's corpse, he told the inquest into her death. One was Phillippe Dourneau, Dodi's regular driver in Paris and a licensed chauffeur of Etoile Limousine, the other, Henri Paul, a fortyish man with thinning hair and glasses, was the assistant head of security for the Fayed owned Ritz Hotel. , updated 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. 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. "This man was in the middle of the car, probably his head was in the front. 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. Scroll down for more {3} "This guy was panicking on the right [of the car]. Had she been strapped in she would have walked away with a black eye or maybe a broken arm, but nothing more. The bodyguards did not know that Dodi had called the hotel's night manager to tell him of the earlier mess with the paparazzi. 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. I didn't know who these persons were. I remember hearing somebody moaning and the name Dodi being muttered but I don't know if it was once or several times. Rees-Jones was the sole survivor of the crash that killed Diana, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul. We pay forvideostoo. He died on 31 August 1997 in Paris, France. 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." Suddenly, for Trevor at least, the action stopped on August 15. Dodi Fayed, as he is more commonly . Daniel Eyraud, the surgeon who treated her, said the hemorrhage was discovered only after X-rays. I didn't see her because I didn't approach enough the car, I guess, to see that person. The pair had first met at a 1986 polo match in Windsor while Diana was still married to Prince Charles, although nothing came from the exchange. I've told the truth as I remember it. He also denied suggestions that the couple called in to a jeweller's shop in Monte Carlo in late August 1997. ``How the f*** did this fiasco happen? 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. ``There was a small white hatchback type of car a three door car which was either white or light in colour, with a boot which opened at the back and perhaps a scooter, or a motorbike, I believe, with two, perhaps three journalists.''. 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. This field is required Dodi Fayed was a close confidant of his . In July 1997, Fayed became romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales. 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. Henri Paul was a security man not a chauffeur. Driver Henri Paul was also killed in the crash. He (Dodi) wants me to drive. 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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 death in 1997 of Omar's half-brother Dodi, who was killed in the Paris car crash that also claimed the life of Princess Diana, sparked a forest fire of media glare and attendant conspiracy theories about Diana's death, which still roil the internet. 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. Mr Rees took the stand at the central London. At the same time she rubbed her stomach. View our online Press Pack. 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. "A few seconds afterward she looked at me and then closed her eyes.". Getty Princess Diana died following a car crash in Paris, France, on August 31, 1997. By 3 a.m. her heart was kept pumping only by the injection of adrenaline and several electric. Her driver-security guard Henri Paul and alleged boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, were also killed in the crash after suffering fatal injuries. Dr Lipsedge held a session with Mr Rees just over a month after the crash and then two more in February 1998. "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. The couple didn't move. I'll see you back at the apartment.'' Dodi Fayed was born in Egypt in 1955 to author Samira Khashoggi and billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed - the former owner of Harrods, a luxury department store in London.. But he did publish a book, The Bodyguard's Story, in 2000, in which he rejected conspiracy theories about the accident. Rumorsmostly from Fayed's father, Mohamed Al-Fayedwere circulating that Diana was. {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. 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. Mr Rees replied: "I am aware that has been said, sir, yes." Another of Mr Al Fayed's suspicions is that the book was penned by journalist Martin Gregory. After that Trevor Rees-Jones remembers nothing of the car crash, which he is still trying to come to terms with. He was the half-brother of Omar Fayed, Camilla, Karim, and Jasmine Fayed. 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. [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". A symbol of kindness and humanity, and a mother of two, Princess Diana was only 36 years old when she died. He was answering a question in which Ian Burnett QC, for the coroner, outlined Mohamed Al Fayed's controversial claim that Diana was murdered. Her companionDodi Fayedand driver and security guard Henri Paul were also killed in the crash while her bodyguardTrevor Rees-Jonessurvived with horrific injuries. She was pronounced dead in the hospital at 4 AM. Mr Burnett asked: "It has also been suggested that the book was written with Dominic Lawson, who was the editor of the Sunday Telegraph. The first thing he saw, he said, was the smoking wreckage of the car in the middle of the road. I'll be coming with you if we go with this.'' 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. ``What was Dodi bloody doing?'' "I remember sitting in the car after the crash. Kelly started dating Dodi Al Fayed in 1996. Price tag 130,000. Police, ambulance attendants and doctors implicitly contradicted claims by Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi's father, that Diana was able to talk when she reached a hospital more than 1{ hours after her chauffeur-driven Mercedes ran into a pillar in the tunnel under the Pont Alma on Aug. 31. 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. 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. the security lads at the villa joked as the holiday progressed. She may not have been a rocket scientist, but then neither am I. "I approached the car and I saw the legs of a man. Dodi relented on the bodyguard question Trevor would go with them but still insisted on one car only. "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." He then went to find his friend, Mr Ronssin, who revealed for the first time that Princess Diana had been in the car. Sat 10 Jan 2009 19.01 EST. And Trevor Rees-Jones is adamant they died because their driver was drunk and drugged. When she saw her friend was dead, I think she said, "My God.' DrRichard Shepherd said he was inundated with questions about Princess Di's autopsy but has long refused to reveal intimate details. He also claimed that, after the crash, he felt himself coming under pressure to "contain" Mr Rees's family to prevent them speaking out against the Fayed interests. Mr Rees answered: "That is not true." 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. DrRichard Shepherd has revealed some of the queries he has received about the people's princess down the years. Back at the bar the bodyguards sat near the entrance, where they had a view of the staircase. The summer in 1997 saw Princess Diana become the focus of relentless media attention after she embarked on her relationship with Dodi. Just a few seconds before 10.08pm Henri Paul came through the revolving doors of the Ritz in suit and tie, a jovial smile on his face and a cigar between the fingers of his left hand. ven Dodi Al Fayed dog omedelbart vid kraschen och han hade inga frhjda kolmonoxidniver i blodet. The paparazzi were already ensconced and the faxed press clippings daily flowed in from London for the Fayeds and their royal guest to devour. 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. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after sufferingfatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. Mr Huth was then shown a picture of paparazzo Romauld Rat who, the jury has heard, was one of the first photographers to arrive at the scene. Was she one of those?. He could never swear that they had been uttered and he never did. Details of Diana's last hours were compiled by two journalists from the magazine L'Express, Jean-Marie Pontaut and Jerome Dupuis, for a book published in France. The Playboy was linked to a string of famous women - including rumours he dated actresses Brooke Shields, Winona Ryder and Nancy Sinatra. As he prepares to give evidence at the High Court today, it is likely to bring back the painful memories of more than 10 years ago. 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. This was the ring that ``proved'' the engagement of Diana and Dodi. 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. 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. Diana died in a high-speed car accident. The psychiatrist explained: "In view of the time that has elapsed, the chances of him recovering his memory are very slight." [1] After completing his education, he was an attach at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in London. The former paratrooper, formerly known as Rees-Jones, worked with American author Moira Johnston on a book called The Bodyguard's Story, which was published in 2000. Mr Murrell, who gave evidence by video link last week, is being recalled today and is listed to appear before Mr Rees. Mr Huth said his parents had lived at the same apartment for more than 20 years and had experienced several, "terrible" accidents in the Alma tunnel during that time. "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." Trevor was at the back entrance and looked out. The ambulance drove at about 20 mph and had to stop for five minutes because Diana's heart started failing. 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. Mr Rees may also be able to give evidence on whether Mr Paul had been drinking. Pathologically there was no evidence that Princess Diana was pregnant, but some women say they know they're pregnant from the moment of conception. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. 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. The driver unfortunately had his head inside and it was not moving. 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. A stepfather and aunt died in a car crash, and his mother, to whom he was. By the time Dodi moved cameras were all over the car. Camilla runs vegan restaurant Farmacy in Notting Hill, although she currently lives on a farm in Kent. Cause of death: Traffic collision: Resting place: Fayed Estate, Oxted . 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. The sole survivor of the crash which claimed the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed, has finally decided to speak. Diana Princes of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed arriving back at the Ritz Hotel in Paris for the final time. 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. What Happened To Dodi Fayed's Father, Mohamed? 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. 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. 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. Diana died on August 31, 1997, after suffering fatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. 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. Neither was wearing a seat belt. ``They did what we asked.''. The princess's chest had been compressed in the crash, damaging both her right lung and her heart. Top 5,000 958 Dodi Fayed was born on 15 April 1955 in Alexandria, Egypt.
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