Where were you when Diana died?
For Trevor Rees-Jones the answer is simple: he was in the same
hospital as Diana, fighting for his own life a few rooms away. As
bodyguard to her companion Dodi Fayed, he was with the couple when,
hounded by paparazzi and with a driver who turned out to be drunk,
their Mercedes crashed into the thirteenth pillar of the tunnel
under the Place de l'Alma in Paris. Dodi and the driver, Henri
Paul, died instantaneously, medics say; Diana was rushed to a
nearby hospital where doctors worked feverishly to resuscitate her
before giving up in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Miraculously, Trevor survived. But his condition was critical --
internal chest injuries and a broken wrist were the least of it.
His head had taken the brunt of the impact and suffered
catastrophic damage; his face was crushed beyond recognition. In a
stunning medical drama, however, a facial surgeon performed a
miracle of reconstruction, and -- along with Trevor's own
indomitable will and the support of his family and friends -- the
bodyguard was able to leave hospital after just over a month. His
goal then was straightforward: to return to a normal life as soon
as possible, go back to work for his employer, Mohamed Al Fayed,
and to the simple pleasures of rugby and his mates at home in
Shropshire.
But the crash that nearly killed him had killed Diana, Princess
of Wales, one of the most famous women of the late twentieth
century. A normal life was no longer an option. And as Mohamed Al
Fayed's grief at the loss of his son quickly turned into a
desperate hunt for reasons, for culprits and conspiracy, Trevor
found his unswerving loyalty to the Boss at first questioned and
then,ultimately, destroyed, as Fayed pointed the finger of blame at
him.
THE BODYGUARD'S STORY grippingly describes, for the first time,
Trevor Rees-Jones's part in these astonishing events. From the
prelude to Paris, when Trevor found himself minding the Princess
and her two sons in the south of France, to the crash itself and
its causes and consequences, this book reveals the true, first-hand
account of one of the most sensational news stories of the last
century. Compelling, alarming and yet deeply moving, it is a
remarkable story of courage under fire, and of how ordinary people
can react to extraordinary circumstances and survive, scarred, but
with their souls and values intact.
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