{"id":100820,"date":"2023-11-15T11:27:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T11:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=100820"},"modified":"2023-11-15T11:27:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T11:27:06","slug":"who-is-princess-dianas-bodyguard-trevor-rees-jones-and-where-is-he-now-the-sun-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/who-is-princess-dianas-bodyguard-trevor-rees-jones-and-where-is-he-now-the-sun-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Princess Diana\u2019s bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones and where is he now? \u2013 The Sun | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
WHEN Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris that left three people dead, there was just one sole survivor.<\/p>\n
Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones' life changed forever on that fateful day in 1997.<\/p>\n
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Trevor Rees-Jones was born on March 3, 1968, in Rinteln, Germany.<\/p>\n
He was the middle son of three boys born to British Army surgeon Colin Rees and his wife Gill who was a nurse.<\/p>\n
The family moved to Oswestry, a town close to the Welsh border when he was ten years old, where he attended the Fitzalan School and met his future wife Sue Jones.<\/p>\n
Trevor\u00a0enrolled in the\u00a0Combined Cadet Force at school and after his A-levels joined the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment, serving one tour in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n In 1995, he went to work as a private security guard for Harrods owner Mohammed al-Fayed, father to Dodi Fayed, and later Princess Diana.<\/p>\n While working for Mohamed al-Fayed, he started doing security for his playboy son Dodi, and later his girlfriend Princess Diana.<\/p>\n He accompanied them on a holiday in the summer of 1997, when the tragic car crash took place.<\/p>\n The bodyguard later shut down claims by his former boss that Dodi and Diana had chosen an engagement ring together in Monte Carlo a week before they died in Paris.<\/p>\n On August 30, Dodi and Diana stopped in Paris on their way to London after spending nine days on Dodi's yacht in the Med.<\/p>\n They intended to stay at the Ritz hotel owned by Dodi's father, but found themselves ambushed by paparazzi.<\/p>\n Ritz head of security Henri Paul hatched a plan to leave by the back door to dodge photographers and drive to Dodi's apartment near the Champs Elys\u00e9es.<\/p>\n The black Mercedes\u00a0S280 limo driven by Mr Paul crashed into a pillar at 65mph in the early hours of August 31, 1997, at the Pont de l'Alma underpass.<\/p>\n The driver and Dodi were killed instantly, and Diana died soon after in hospital.<\/p>\n Trevor spent ten days in a coma after the crash, suffering severe brain and chest injuries.<\/p>\n Every bone in his face was broken.<\/p>\n Surgeons used 150 pieces of titanium to rebuild his smashed face, using family photos as a guide.<\/p>\n He still bears the scars from the 1997 accident.<\/p>\n Trevor also suffered profound memory loss, and struggles to remember many details from the crash.<\/p>\n An investigation found none of the four people in the car were wearing seat belts.<\/p>\n Tests showed the driver was three times the drink-drive limit.<\/p>\n An inquest jury found Diana was unlawfully killed by Mr Paul's dangerous driving and the actions of the pursuing paparazzi.<\/p>\n Trevor is now reportedly working as the global head of security for vaccine giant AstraZeneca.<\/p>\n A source told\u00a0The Sun: "His life is quiet and uneventful now. He certainly doesn't court publicity or speak much about it. He's tried to move on and get on with his life."<\/p>\n The\u00a0Mail tells how Trevor has rebuilt his life since the infamous crash.<\/p>\n His LinkedIn profile describes him as being based in Shrewsbury and having experience in international operations.<\/p>\n Following the crash, Trevor returned to England and quit his job with al-Fayed.<\/p>\n He was interviewed four times by French authorities but said he could not recall the incident.<\/p>\n He later claimed his boss had put "intense" pressure on him to remember details from the night his son was killed.<\/p>\n Trevor moved back to Shropshire where he was nursed back to health by mum Gill and step-dad Ernie. He worked for a time in a friend's sports shop.<\/p>\n In 2000, he published a book called The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, The Crash, And The Sole Survivor, which earned him a rumoured \u00a31million.<\/p>\n But most of that is said to have been consumed up by legal fees after he was embroiled in a series of lawsuits with al-Fayed in England and France.<\/p>\n He had split from his first wife Sue months before the crash. In 2003 he married second wife Ann Scott, a teacher.<\/p>\n Trevor recovered well enough to turn out for a local rugby team in North Wales and set up a business as a security consultant.<\/p>\n In 2008, he worked in war-torn Iraq before he was called to give evidence at the inquest, his face still deeply scarred more than a decade on.<\/p>\n He told the coroner he had vague memories of a motorbike alongside the vehicle, and a woman's voice calling out "Dodi" but he was not sure if they were real memories.<\/p>\n He also denied claims by al-Fayed that he was part of a cover up after Diana and Dodi were killed by MI6 on the orders of Prince Philip.<\/p>\n Trevor said: "I am not part of a conspiracy to suppress the truth at all. All I have ever done is give the truth as I see it."<\/p>\n In 2016, Diana's former police protection officer Ken Wharfe blamed Trevor for letting the princess get into the Mercedes.<\/p>\n Trevor said in the inquest into Diana's death that the last thing he remembered of the night was climbing into the car at the Ritz.<\/p>\n He said in an interview three years after the crash: "I\u2019m the only person who can tell people for real, and I can\u2019t remember."<\/p>\n Speaking at the inquest, he explained Henri Paul's plan to dodge the paparazzi by driving the Princess and Dodi in one of the hotel's limos out the back.<\/p>\n He said "I wasn\u2019t happy as it meant Dodi would be splitting the security officers, but I went along with it.<\/p>\n \u201cInitially, I had been told that Dodi and Diana would travel without security and I said this would not happen, that I would travel in the vehicle with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/picture>red flower <\/span><\/p>\n
Princess Diana\u2019s nieces stun in bold red gowns at Melbourne Cup<\/h3>\n
When did he become Princess Diana's bodyguard?<\/h2>\n
What injuries did Trevor Rees-Jones suffer in car crash?<\/h2>\n
What does Trevor Rees-Jones do now?<\/h2>\n
What did Trevor Rees-Jones say about the crash?<\/h2>\n