Trevor Rees-Jones, the bodyguard of Princess Diana, is widely known as the sole survivor of the tragic car crash that took the life of the beloved Princess in 1997.
Born on March 3, 1968, in Rinteln, Germany, Trevor was the middle son of three boys born to British Army surgeon Colin Rees and his wife Gill, a nurse. The family moved to Oswestry, a town close to the Welsh border, where he attended school and later joined the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment after his A-levels.
In 1995, he started working as a private security guard for Harrods owner Mohammed al-Fayed, eventually becoming a bodyguard for his son Dodi Fayed, and later Princess Diana. It was during a holiday in the summer of 1997 that the fatal crash occurred in Paris.
Trevor suffered severe brain and chest injuries which left him in a coma for ten days. Surgeons used titanium to reconstruct his face, which still bears the scars of the accident to this day.
Despite the memory loss he experienced from the crash, Trevor has since rebuilt his life and is currently the global head of security for AstraZeneca.
Following the crash, Trevor wrote a book and has been involved in legal battles with al-Fayed in both England and France. He has remarried and works as a security consultant, even working in war-torn Iraq at one point.
During the inquest into Diana’s death, Trevor claimed that he could not remember the incident, and he also denied claims of being part of any conspiracy to suppress the truth about the crash.
Trevor’s story is not only a tale of survival but also one of resilience and recovery following a life-changing and tragic event.
