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Report: Bodyguard injured with Diana speaks to family
Trevor Rees-Jones says he feels partially responsible
September 7, 1997
Web posted at: 6:13 p.m. EDT (2213 GMT)PARIS (CNN) -- Trevor Rees-Jones, the sole survivor of the car crash that killed Britain's Princess Diana and two others, has told his family that he feels partially responsible because he could not prevent the accident, a London newspaper reports.
The Observer, quoting family sources, said Rees-Jones, 29, a bodyguard assigned to protect the princess and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, spoke to his mother and stepfather when he temporarily regained consciousness. He remains in intensive care in the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris.
The newspaper said Rees-Jones told his family he feels guilty about the accident last Sunday that killed Diana, Fayed and chauffeur Henri Paul.
He reportedly said he felt partly responsible because he was in charge of protecting the couple but that he could not have prevented the crash.
Rees-Jones, known as "Dodi's shadow," began working for Fayed's family after leaving the British military and the elite Royal Protection Squad. He was in the front passenger seat when the car crashed during a high-speed flight from paparazzi photographers.
A hospital spokeswoman was not immediately available Sunday to confirm The Observer's report.
As the only survivor of the crash, Rees-Jones is expected to be a key witness as French authorities try to piece together what happened in the moments before the Mercedes sedan carrying Diana and her party crashed in a Paris tunnel.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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