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No Cover-Up in Diana Crash, Survivor Says

Bodyguard refutes al-Fayed claim that Brits killed princess, Dodi

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 23, 2008 1:21 PM CST
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(Newser) – Still bearing scars on his face from the 1997 crash that killed Princess Diana, bodyguard Trevor Rees told the inquest into her death today that he isn't part of a British cover-up alleged by Mohammed al-Fayed, Reuters reports. "All I have ever done is give the truth as I see it," said Rees, who has little memory of the accident of which he was the sole survivor.

Rees also bluntly quashed al-Fayed's allegation that son Dodi and Diana had picked out an engagement ring the week before their deaths. Rees testified that, had he known that Diana's driver was drinking alcohol, he would have prevented him from driving, the Guardian reports. Bar receipts show Henri Paul had at least two rounds; Rees thought they were cola.

In this image made available Tuesday Oct. 2, 2007, from evidence presented at the inquest into the death of Diana Princes of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed. The head of Diana Princess of Wales, in the rear seat, her bodyguard Trevor Rees left, and driver Henri Paul are seen shortly...
In this image made available Tuesday Oct. 2, 2007, from evidence presented at the inquest into the death of Diana Princes of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed. The head of Diana Princess of Wales, in the rear...   (Associated Press)
In this image by photographer Jacques Langevin, and made available from evidence presented at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Al Fayed in London, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, The Princess of Wales and and bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones leave the Ritz Hotel in Paris, on...
In this image by photographer Jacques Langevin, and made available from evidence presented at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Al Fayed in London, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007,...   (Associated Press)
Businessman, Mohammed Al Fayed leaves the High Court today after attending the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest, Wednesday Jan. 16, 2008, London. Fayed has alleged that his son Dodi Fayed and the princess were murdered in a plot directed by Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, and carried...
Businessman, Mohammed Al Fayed leaves the High Court today after attending the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest, Wednesday Jan. 16, 2008, London. Fayed has alleged that his son Dodi Fayed and the princess...   (Associated Press)
Diana, Princess of Wales, smiles at the United Cerebral Palsy's annual dinner at the New York Hilton in this Dec. 11, 1995 file photo. (AP Photo/ Mark Lennihan, file)
Diana, Princess of Wales, smiles at the United Cerebral Palsy's annual dinner at the New York Hilton in this Dec. 11, 1995 file photo. (AP Photo/ Mark Lennihan, file)   (Associated Press)
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