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| Diana bodyguard 'under pressure' | Diana bodyguard 'under pressure' |
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| Trevor Rees has said he felt under pressure from Mohamed Al Fayed to recall a flash of light moments before the crash which killed Princess Diana. | Trevor Rees has said he felt under pressure from Mohamed Al Fayed to recall a flash of light moments before the crash which killed Princess Diana. |
| The bodyguard and sole survivor of the crash told the inquest into Diana's death he did not "feel comfortable" when he was with the Harrods boss. | The bodyguard and sole survivor of the crash told the inquest into Diana's death he did not "feel comfortable" when he was with the Harrods boss. |
| Mr Al Fayed, whose son Dodi also died in the crash, claims Mr Rees is pretending to suffer memory loss. | Mr Al Fayed, whose son Dodi also died in the crash, claims Mr Rees is pretending to suffer memory loss. |
| Mr Rees told the court he had always tried to do his best to tell the truth. | Mr Rees told the court he had always tried to do his best to tell the truth. |
| 'Frustrated' | |
| Known as Rees-Jones at the time of the crash on 31 August 1997 in Paris, Mr Rees has since recovered from head injuries but says he remembers little from that night. | Known as Rees-Jones at the time of the crash on 31 August 1997 in Paris, Mr Rees has since recovered from head injuries but says he remembers little from that night. |
| Under cross-examination from Richard Horwell QC, for the Metropolitan Police, Mr Rees said: "I felt the pressure to remember what had occurred. The fact that I could not frustrated myself and also obviously frustrated Mr Al Fayed. | Under cross-examination from Richard Horwell QC, for the Metropolitan Police, Mr Rees said: "I felt the pressure to remember what had occurred. The fact that I could not frustrated myself and also obviously frustrated Mr Al Fayed. |
| He was obviously a very upset man Trevor Rees, speaking of Mohamed Al Fayed | |
| "In my meetings with him he would suggest possibilities, (to which) I would reply 'That's a possibility'. | "In my meetings with him he would suggest possibilities, (to which) I would reply 'That's a possibility'. |
| "One I specifically remember was a flash in the tunnel which caused the accident. I would say 'That is a possibility'. | "One I specifically remember was a flash in the tunnel which caused the accident. I would say 'That is a possibility'. |
| "I did not feel comfortable being in his presence at that time. He was obviously a very upset man." | "I did not feel comfortable being in his presence at that time. He was obviously a very upset man." |
| Mr Rees also repeated that he had objected to Dodi's ill-fated decoy plan to shrug off the paparazzi waiting outside the Ritz Hotel. | Mr Rees also repeated that he had objected to Dodi's ill-fated decoy plan to shrug off the paparazzi waiting outside the Ritz Hotel. |
| Earlier, he had told the High Court jury he went along with the plan because Dodi had talked about leaving the Paris hotel with no security at all. | |
| Conspiracy theories have surrounded the Princess's death | |
| The inquest also heard from Diana's former aide, Patrick Jephson, who wrote in his book that her paranoia was fed by her interest in astrology and soothsaying. | |
| Her former private secretary from 1990 to 1996 told jurors Diana would consult a clairvoyant, known as Fergie's witch woman. | |
| Jonathan Hough, representing the inquest, said Mr Jephson's book, Shadows of a Princess, stated the clairvoyant who also advised the Duchess of York, predicted Prince Charles would die in a helicopter crash. | |
| Mr Jephson told jurors at first he treated the predictions light-heartedly, but later felt they were having a "harmful effect" and made his life difficult. | |
| The inquest continues. | The inquest continues. |