Trevor Rees-Jones, Diana’s former bodyguard and sole survivor of the road accident that killed Princess of Wales Dodi Al-Fayed and her driver, Henri Paul, was seen for the first time in about five years and is now head of security at pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, he tells the Daiy Mail. His reappearance coincides with the approach of the date that marks the 25th anniversary of the Paris accident and the premiere of a new documentary about the event.

Trevor Rees, as he is now known, is 54 years old, married with two children and a dog, and lives in Shropshire, England. He returned five years ago after working for the United Nations and earning a small fortune as director of security at the Halliburton fuel company (in Texas), according to British media reports. At the time of the accident, his former bodyguard was seriously injured, he spent 10 days in a coma, his face had to be reconstructed by surgeons with the help of 150 pieces of titanium and an old photo. He also suffered from amnesia and communicated in whispers and in writing.

A documentary that raises new questions

The news about the life of Trevor Rees comes at a time when the death of Diana and the accident are being discussed again. August 30 marks the 25th anniversary of the tragedy and last Sunday, Britain’s Channel 4 aired a four-part documentary titled “Investigating Diana: Death in Paris.”

The new documentary features testimony from investigators and raises questions about a note in which Diana suspected she might be the victim of a car accident, but which was kept in storage for years.

In October 1995, Diana met with her personal solicitor, Lord Mishcon, to tell him that she feared she was the victim of a staged car accident. She is said to have made notes of this meeting and the document became known as the “Mishcon note”. It was turned over to the British police after the accident and placed in a safe. However, it was not until 2003 that these notes reached the inquest investigating the death of the Princess of Wales, but from Diana’s butler, Paul Burrel, who would have written similar notes.

Lawyer Michael Mansfield, who represented Mohamed Fayed (Dodi’s father) is also involved in the program and says that the document “is important because it amounts to someone’s premonition,” the newspaper quotes. For the lawyer, the decision to keep the notes “demonstrates reluctance that the house be properly investigated from the beginning” and says that “they kept them for years to protect the establishment, that is, the royal family.”

It would have fallen to a former British Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Condon, to decide to put the document in a safe, after discussing the matter with Lord Mishcon, and he thought it would not be relevant.