Who is Princess Diana's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones and where is he now? – The sun

PRINCESS Diana's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was the only person to survive the car crash that went down in history in 1997.

His life changed forever that day, but who is he?

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Who is Trevor Rees-Jones?

Trevor Rees-Jones was born on March 3, 1968 in Rinteln, Germany.

He was born the middle son of three boys British army surgeon Colin Rees and his wife Gill, who was a nurse.

The family moved to Oswestry, a town close to the Welsh border when he was ten years old, where he attended Fitzalan School and met his future wife Sue Jones.

Trevor enrolled in the Combined Cadet Force at school and then A levels joined the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment and served one tour Northern Ireland.

In 1995 he started working as a private security guard for the owner of Harrods Mohammed al-Fayedfather of Dodi Fayedand later Princess Diana.

When did he become Princess Diana's bodyguard?

While working for Mohamed al-Fayed, he started doing security for his playboy son Dodi, and later for his girlfriend Princess Diana.

He accompanied them on vacation in the summer of 1997, when the tragedy struck car accident took place.

The bodyguard later shut down his former boss' claims that Dodi and Diana had chosen an engagement ring together Monte Carlo a week ago they died in Paris.

On August 30, Dodi and Diana stopped in Paris on the way to London after spending nine days on Dodi's yacht in the Mediterranean.

They planned to stay at the Ritz hotel owned by Dodi's father, but were ambushed by paparazzi.

Ritz head of security Henri Paulus devised a plan to leave through the back door to avoid photographers and drive to Dodi's apartment near the Champs Elysées.

The black Mercedes S280 limousine controlled by Mr. Paul crashed into a pillar at a speed of 100 km/h in the early hours of August 31, 1997, at the Pont de l'Alma underpass.

The driver and Dodi were killed instantly, and Diana died shortly afterwards in hospital.

What injuries did Trevor Rees-Jones sustain in a car accident?

Trevor was in a coma for ten days after the crash and suffered serious brain and chest injuries.

Every bone in his face was broken.

Surgeons used 150 pieces of titanium to rebuild his shattered face, using family photos as a guide.

He still bears the scars of the 1997 accident.

Trevor also suffered from severe memory loss and has difficulty remembering many details of the crash. Investigation revealed that none of the four occupants were wearing seat belts.

Tests showed the driver was three times the drink-drive limit.

A The jury found that Diana had been unlawfully killed by Mr. Paul's dangerous driving and the actions of the pursuing paparazzi.

What is Trevor Rees-Jones doing now?

Trevor now reportedly works as global head of security for vaccine giant AstraZeneca. A source said The sun: “His life is quiet and peaceful now. He certainly doesn't seek publicity or talk about it much. He has tried to move on and get on with his life.”

The Mail tells us how Trevor has rebuilt his life since the infamous crash.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he is based in Shrewsbury and has experience in international operations.

After the crash, Trevor returned to England and resigned from al-Fayed.

He was interviewed four times by French authorities but said he could not remember the incident.

He later claimed that his boss had put “intense” pressure on him to remember details of the night his son was murdered.

Trevor moved back to Shropshire, where he was nursed back to health by mother Gill and stepfather Ernie. He worked for a while in a friend's sporting goods store.

In 2000, he published a book called The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, The Crash, And The Sole Survivor, which reportedly earned him £1 million.

But most of that is said to have been eaten up by legal costs after he became embroiled in a series of lawsuits with al-Fayed in England and France.

He had divorced his first wife Sue months before the crash.

In 2003, he married second wife Ann Scott, a teacher.

Trevor recovered well enough to work for a local rugby team in North Wales and set up a business as a security consultant.

In 2008, he worked in war-torn Iraq before being called to testify at the inquest. His face was still deeply scarred more than a decade later.

He told the coroner he had vague memories of a motorcycle next to the vehicle and a female voice calling out “Dodi,” but he was unsure if they were real memories.

He also denied al-Fayed's claims that he was part of a cover-up afterward Diana and Dodi were murdered by MI6 by order of Prince Philip.

Trevor said: “I'm not part of one conspiracy to suppress the truth at all. All I've ever done is give the truth as I see it.”

In 2016 Diana's former police protection officer Ken Wharfe blamed Trevor for letting the princess in get into the Mercedes.

What did Trevor Rees-Jones say about the crash?

Trevor told the inquest into Diana's death that the last thing he remembered of the night was getting into the car at the Ritz.

Three years after the crash, he said in an interview, “I'm the only person who can really tell people, and I don't remember.”

During the inquest, he explained Henri Paul's plan to avoid the paparazzi by driving the princess and Dodi in one of the hotel's limousines at the back.

He said: “I wasn't happy because it meant Dodi would split up the security officers, but I went along with it. “I was initially told that Dodi and Diana would be traveling without security and I said that wouldn't happen, that I traveled with them in the car.”