The man was the first to approach her after the car accident. Together with the fire service, he was near the scene of the tragedy. When Xavier Gourmelot rescued Princess Diana, she was still alive and able to speak.
On August 31, 1997, Princess Diana died in a car accident in Paris. There is still no clear conclusion as to what caused the traffic accident. According to one version, the driver was intoxicated and exceeded the speed limit, but there is also an opinion that the accident was staged. Although 20 years have passed since the death of the mother of the heirs to the English throne, new details are emerging.
Literally five minutes after the accident, firefighters arrived to the car where Princess Diana, the son of billionaire Dodi al-Fayed, driver Henri Paul and bodyguard Trevor Rhys-Jones were. One of them, Xavier Gourmelot, immediately pulled the woman out of the damaged car and saw that she was still alive. On the eve of the anniversary of the royal's death, he revealed some details of the events of that day.
“The woman, a little later I learned that it was Princess Diana, was lying on the floor of the rear seats. She moved slightly, and I realized that she was alive. I saw that she had a minor bruise on her right shoulder, but other than that there was nothing significant. There was no blood on her at all,” the man recalled.
Xavier also reported that immediately after the accident, Lady Di was conscious and could even speak. The rescuer was glad that they did not have to use special equipment to pull the victims out of the car. The man tried to cheer up the woman.
“I held her hand and told her to stay calm and not move. She said, "Oh my God, what happened?" I gave her some oxygen and my team and I were there after she was taken out of the car. We are all trained to provide first aid medical care, I saw that she went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. I massaged her heart, and after a few seconds she started breathing again. I was definitely relieved because when you're a first responder you want to save lives and I thought that's what I did,” the first responder said.
Xavier admitted in an interview with The Sun that he did not suspect that Princess Diana was seriously injured and hoped for her recovery. Even though 20 years have passed since the car accident, the memories of that day remain in his head forever. Princess Diana's psychic revealed details of communication with her after her death
“To be honest, I thought she would live. As far as I know, when Diana was in the ambulance, she was alive, and I hoped that she would survive. But later I found out that she died in the hospital,” the former rescuer shared his memories.
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The princess first wore the most expensive dress ever sold at auction in November 1985. She and her husband stayed at the White House in Washington. She came out to the gala dinner in a dark blue velvet dress with open shoulders and danced with John Travolta to a song from the movie “Saturday Night Fever”, where the actor performed main role
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Diana went on her first big official tour of the former British colonies - Australia and New Zealand - in 1983, six months after the birth of her first child, William. And, despite the criticism of some famous Britons, she took the child with her on the trip. As she later admitted, at first she did not want to do this, but changed her mind until the Prime Minister of Australia started talking about the heir’s participation in the tour. This photo was taken during a trip to Australia
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1990 William is eight years old, Harry is five. And for the first time they came with their mother to visit their father in Korolevskoe medical center in Nottingham. Charles broke his arm. Now William is 36, Harry is 33. And, unlike his brother, who is second (after his father) in the order of succession to the British throne, Harry will probably never receive the title of king. He's in sixth place
The man was the first to approach her after the car accident. Together with the fire service, he was near the scene of the tragedy. When Xavier Gourmelot rescued Princess Diana, she was still alive and able to speak.
On August 31, 1997, Princess Diana died in a car accident in Paris. There is still no clear conclusion as to what caused the traffic accident. According to one version, the driver was intoxicated and exceeded the speed limit, but there is also an opinion that the accident was staged. Although 20 years have passed since the death of the mother of the heirs to the English throne, new details are emerging.
Literally five minutes after the accident, firefighters arrived to the car where Princess Diana, the son of billionaire Dodi al-Fayed, driver Henri Paul and bodyguard Trevor Rhys-Jones were. One of them, Xavier Gourmelot, immediately pulled the woman out of the damaged car and saw that she was still alive. On the eve of the anniversary of the royal's death, he revealed some details of the events of that day.
“The woman, a little later I learned that it was Princess Diana, was lying on the floor of the rear seats. She moved slightly, and I realized that she was alive. I saw that she had a minor bruise on her right shoulder, but other than that there was nothing significant. There was no blood on her at all,” the man recalled.
Xavier also reported that immediately after the accident, Lady Di was conscious and could even speak. The rescuer was glad that they did not have to use special equipment to pull the victims out of the car. The man tried to cheer up the woman.
“I held her hand and told her to stay calm and not move. She said, "Oh my God, what happened?" I gave her some oxygen and my team and I were there after she was taken out of the car. We are all trained in first aid, I saw that she had gone into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. I massaged her heart, and after a few seconds she started breathing again. I was definitely relieved because when you're a first responder you want to save lives and I thought that's what I did,” the first responder said.
Xavier admitted in an interview with The Sun that he did not suspect that Princess Diana was seriously injured and hoped for her recovery. Even though 20 years have passed since the car accident, the memories of that day remain in his head forever.
“To be honest, I thought she would live. As far as I know, when Diana was in the ambulance, she was alive, and I hoped that she would survive. But later I found out that she died in the hospital,” the former rescuer shared his memories.