The last words of the late Princess Diana have been revealed by the fire sergeant who “held her hand” at the scene of her car crash right before she did. The Princess of Wales died at the age of 36 back in 1997 after she was being chased by the paparazzi in Paris, France. Read on for everything you need to know.
Sgt. Xavier Gourmelon told the Daily Mail that the royal mother-of-two turned to him and asked, “Oh my God, what’s happened?” He says that Diana was still “moving and talking” moments before she died.
Princess Diana’s Last Words Revealed – Here’s What She Said
“She spoke in English and said, ‘Oh my God, what’s happened?’ I could understand that, so I tried to calm her. I held her hand,” said Gourmelon, who gave statements but has never spoken to the press about the matter.
Princess Diana’s boyfriend at the time, Dodi Fayed and her driver Henri Paul died, but her bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones – who was seriously injured – survived.
Diana and Dodi attempted to flee the Ritz in Paris by the back entrance, thus avoiding the paparazzi positioned at the front of the hotel. Unfortunately, their plan failed and they ended up being chased by photographers. This caused the driver to lose control of the car, smashing into the 13th pillar of the tunnel’s central reservation at 65mph. No one in the car was wearing a seatbelt.
Gourmelon said at first he didn’t even recognize Princess Diana and only realized who she was until he helped her into an ambulance. He first helped Diana, who was “sitting on the floor in the back” of the Mercedes.
“I discovered then she was a most beautiful woman and she didn’t have any [serious] injuries to her face. She was not bleeding [then] but she was almost unconscious and was having difficulty breathing,” he said. “She looked fine for the first minutes,” he recalled.
“So I began to speak English to her, saying that I was a doctor and that the ambulance was on its way and everything is going to be all right,” he said.
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