Is there any truth in that?" "When I approached the car [there was] smoke and the sound of the klaxon - sorry, horn. 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." "When you say you have lost your memory, you are telling a bare-faced lie, Mr Rees, are you?" 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. The lovers spent time in the South of France and Sardinia before flying to Paris where they later died. Not to a nightclub?'' 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. Now Kelly Fisher was threatening to sue for breach of contract. ``They did what we asked.''. "It's a subjective analysis, but most of the accidents that I've seen were on the other side of the tunnel with cars coming out of the tunnel. Tabloid pictures had shown him kissing the Princess of Wales and were causing a global sensation. Its not an easy thing to forget. Henri Paul was a security man not a chauffeur. He died on 31 August 1997 in Paris, France. [18] The second, unveiled in 2005 and titled Innocent Victims, is a 3-metre (10') high bronze statue of the two dancing on a beach, beneath the wings of an albatross. {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. Diana and Fayed, who arrived in Paris after a 10-day getaway on the French Riviera, got into Paul's car a few minutes after. Soon she disappeared back to America, even though she would later claim that her marriage to Dodi was to have taken place on August 9. 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. 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At the same time she rubbed her stomach. There were cameras everywhere, with a crowd of several hundred jostling at the entrance. The car crashed into a pillar in the tunnel. Diana and Dodi Fayed died in Paris in the early hours of August 31, . Paul was speeding and over the drink-drive limit at the time of the smash. 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. He was relieved that there weren't more but he knew the pack would be upon them within seconds. 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It . He joined Trevor and Kez who presumed he was on duty. Zero information coming from Dodi. 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. She was agitated she refused treatment, he added. That was the main thing. ``You never told us where we were going. One time we talked about the film Men in Black which she'd taken the boys to see. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Independent.ie. This was the ring that ``proved'' the engagement of Diana and Dodi. 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Although he was off duty he had returned to the hotel of his own initiative. PRINCESS DIANA'S romance with Dodi Fayed, the Egyptian-born film magnate, was just beginning when the two died in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997. 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. Trevor asked Ren again and again, while the two were dressing, desperately trying to find out what their evening plans were. [10] She dropped the lawsuit shortly after Fayed's death.[11]. In the summer of 1997, Dodi invited Diana, William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in the south of France. 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. 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. In July 1997, Fayed became romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales. "She became irritated," he added. Before this tragic end, he was launched i No action. 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. These were nice conversations.''. 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. [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. He is (a) a father grieving for his son; (b) a world-class social climber robbed of ultimate legitimacy by a cruel fate; (c) a passionate whistleblower exposing an . Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? She later returned to the ship in August without her sons and a photo of the pair kissing made headlines around the world. Earlier that summer, he was engaged to an American model, Kelly Fisher, and bought a house in Malibu, California, for himself and Fisher with money from his father. According to her memoir Babylon Confidential, Claudia Christian had an on-again, off-again romance with Fayed. I did not know what the fight was really about, even though I thought it was really stupid to take those pictures. If you had we would have been able to phone ahead and get it sorted out,'' snapped Kes. At 11.40pm on that last night Trevor and Kez were at the door of the suite. The following night Diana arrived by Mercedes with no security except her driver. Later Trevor got a call saying the couple would be going back to the apartment in the narrow Rue Arsene Houssaye, just off the Champs-Elysees, to dress for dinner. In his subsequent interviews with the French judiciary, whose indecently long investigation concluded drink, drugs and speed caused the crash, he recanted the ``last words'' testimony. Email us attips@the-sun.co.ukor call 0207 782 4368 . It was so frustrating.'' 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. [15] Fayed's former spokesman, Michael Cole, has said that the couple became engaged before their deaths. In 1997, he got engaged to American model Kelly Fisher and bought a house in Malibu for themselves using money from his dad. 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. 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. . Her companion Dodi Fayed and driver and security guard Henri Paul were. Born April 15, 1955 Died August 31, 1997 (42) Add to list Known for Chariots of Fire 7.1 Producer 1981 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. He was answering a question in which Ian Burnett QC, for the coroner, outlined Mohamed Al Fayed's controversial claim that Diana was murdered. "It led to a . "I remember sitting in the car after the crash. 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 . Who was Dodi Fayed? 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. After learning of Dodi's romance with Diana, Kelly phoned her ex to vent her fury. 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. 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. 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. 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. "I didn't see what I learned about [later], that there was another person underneath - the Princess. Trevor cringes at the recollection. He has also written another book on this topic which is "not supportive" of Mr Al Fayed's claims, Mr Burnett said. Pathologically there was no evidence that Princess Diana was pregnant, but some women say they know they're pregnant from the moment of conception. I didn't know who these persons were. 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. "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." Trevor was at the back entrance and looked out. Top 5,000 958 Dodi Fayed was born on 15 April 1955 in Alexandria, Egypt. Mr Rees was Dodi Fayed's bodyguard and the front-seat passenger in the Mercedes. He had his jaw hanging and he was panicking. 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. 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. 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. A stepfather and aunt died in a car crash, and his mother, to whom he was. Stephane Darmon, a motorcyclist who drove photographer Romuald Rat around Paris searching for an exclusive shot of the worlds most photographed woman, appeared before the London court voluntarily earlier this month by videolink from Paris. Princess Diana's romance with Dodi Fayed, the Egyptian-born film magnate, was just beginning when the two died in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997. Fayed has persistently propounded what were found to be conspiracy theoriesat the inquest[13][14]and has repeatedly claimed that he believes his son was murdered with Diana. The time was 12.20am and some seconds as the Mercedes engines gunned and left at speed, from the back of the hotel. 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. On 31 August 1997, Princess Diana, Dodi and their driver Henri Paul were killed in a crash in the city's Pont de l'Alma tunnel after leaving the Ritz Hotel. ``I'd just had it. "Her eyes were open and she moved, talking to me in a foreign language. Mr Huth said he tried to calm the princess's. Back at the bar the bodyguards sat near the entrance, where they had a view of the staircase. 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. 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"The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. 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 also worked for his father on Harrods' marketing. 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. Scroll down for more {4} Mr Rees said he agreed with the diagnosis. "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. Suddenly, for Trevor at least, the action stopped on August 15. 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