It was. I ended up discovering stuff that I'd never run across before. Her "death" is anything but cut and dried. There are a lot of loose ends still dangling out there.
August 31, 1997 - Mr Rees-Jones is a front seat passenger in the crash that kills Princess Diana, Dodi Al-Fayed, and his chauffeur, Henri Paul. He breaks every bone in his face and suffers serious chest injuries.
October, 3, 1997 - He returns to the UK to continue his treatment on the NHS.
February (?) 1998 - He goes back to work for Harrods boss, and Dodi's father, Mohammed Al-Fayed.
May 19 - Mr Rees-Jones resigns from Harrods and moves to north Shropshire, where he works for some time in a small family-run sportswear shop in Oswestry.
2000 - He publishes his book, The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor, which tells his story of what happened.
2000 - 2002 - Works for the United Nations, advising on security.
2002 - Jan 2011 - Carries out 'various consultancy work', according to his LinkedIn.
February 15, 2002: He marries Ann Scott, a teacher at Belvidere School in Shrewsbury.
2011 - 17 - Oversees security for Texan oil firm Halliburton in Iraq during the Iraq War until 2013, before taking on a series of other roles at the firm.
2017 - He returns to Shropshire before starting his current job as head of global security at AstraZeneca, the firm behind the Oxford University Covid vaccine, in 2019.
Harrod's, the UN, Halliburton, and AtsraZeneca. 🤔 Good thing he 'doesn't remember anything'...
How does a bodyguard who failed so miserably in protecting Princess Diana, suddenly become a security expert?
That's a very good question.
As far as hat color, maybe he's neither. Was he even supposed to survive the accident? Perhaps he was approached afterwards and told, if he values his life, he'll have amnesia? And thus, was rewarded for the memory lapse.
That's a lot of years of infiltration with no whistleblowing, so who knows. I'm not sure anybody ever will (know).
Truth is stranger than fiction:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11133691/Dianas-bodyguard-54-pictured-time-five-years-bearing-scars-crash.html
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/story-behind-princess-diana-meeting-jfk-jr
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/car-swap-fuels-mystery-surrounding-diana-s-death-528687.html
https://www.biography.com/musicians/michael-jackson-princess-diana-friendship
Wow, very good reading! Thank you so much for compiling that. I appreciate it.
No problem, fren. This is just one of the rabbit holes that I've been down.
I'll bet that was a very interesting rabbit hole to down!
It was. I ended up discovering stuff that I'd never run across before. Her "death" is anything but cut and dried. There are a lot of loose ends still dangling out there.
Diana's bodyguard sure did get around! :
Harrod's, the UN, Halliburton, and AtsraZeneca. 🤔 Good thing he 'doesn't remember anything'...
How does a bodyguard who failed so miserably in protecting Princess Diana, suddenly become a security expert?
Either he's a BH who laid low for awhile and then was rewarded with lucrative positions.
Or
He's a WH who "doesn't remember anything" and then infiltrates the UN, Halliburton, and AstraZeneca.
That's a very good question.
As far as hat color, maybe he's neither. Was he even supposed to survive the accident? Perhaps he was approached afterwards and told, if he values his life, he'll have amnesia? And thus, was rewarded for the memory lapse.
That's a lot of years of infiltration with no whistleblowing, so who knows. I'm not sure anybody ever will (know).
Hard to discern these things...hope we find out when this movie is over.