The
sole survivor of the Paris car crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales,
Dodi Al Fayed and Henri Paul has pleaded for privacy.
Trevor Rees Jones, who was seconded
to look after Diana and Dodi on the night ofworked for Mohamed Al Fayed
and his family, has made the request ahead of the 10th anniversary of the
fatal crash on August 31st.
A statement released by his solicitors reads:"As the 10th anniversary of the death
of Diana, Princess of Wales approaches, Trevor Rees wishes to state
that he will not be conducting any media interviews, or making any
further statements relating to or arising out of the events of 31st
August 1997."
"Mr Rees’s stated position as to the giving of media interviews and statements will remain unaltered. He asks that his privacy, and particularly that of his family at this time, and in the future be respected."
Despite
fears he too would die from his injuries, the severity of which left
him in a coma for ten days and resulted in months of surgery and facial
reconstruction, Rees Jones made a miraculous recovery.
However, the mental scars borne of having been in charge of protecting one of the world's most famous women on the night she and her companions died were to lead some to fear that
Trevor would never truly recover.
Having read a report about the guilt which plagued Trevor Rees Jones, in July 2000 the late Princess's brother,
Earl Spencer, personally invited the former bodyguard to make a private pilgrimage to
Diana's graveside at her ancestral home of Althorp House in Northamptonshire.
Charles Spencer also assured the ex-paratrooper that
Diana's family lay no blame upon him for the events surrounding the
crash.
Rees-Jones has previously revealed he
had serious doubts about the plan for a decoy car to be used in an
ultimately deadly attempt to deter the paparazzi from chasing Diana and
Dodi's Mercedes as they left the Ritz hotel en route to Dodi's
apartment.
Having voiced his fears, Trevor Rees Jones was over ruled by his boss, Dodi Al Fayed.
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