And, of course, on the day of the funeral I’ll never forget that when the coffin went past me at Westminster Abbey, all I could hear was the click-clock of the horses’ shoes and just people sobbing all around me.
It was really moving, I suddenly realised it was all over.“I saw that coffin moving and I was really upset. I said that she had suffered a cardiac arrest but I’d managed to revive her.”An official report said the princess had suffered massive internal injuries and a ruptured blood vessel next to her heart which was causing internal bleeding.Xavier said: “I can still picture the whole scene. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. As a fireman you are part of the French military so you are forbidden to talk. It was a relief of course because, as a first responder, you want to save lives — and that’s what I thought I had done.“To be honest I thought she would live. There was no blood on her at all.“I held her hand and told her to be calm and keep still, I said I was there to help and reassured her. "This year’s anniversary is likely to hold special meaning for Harry, who earlier this year welcomed Archie, his first child, into the world.Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are to take Archie with them to South Africa on their royal tour in October.Many have speculated that Harry will follow in his mother’s footsteps while on the continent, as Diana carried out various charity work in Africa in the last years of her life. I knew who she was, but don’t follow British royalty closely.
Now I have left the fire service I felt it was OK.“For me this was simply a banal traffic accident, one of many that emergency services have to deal with and it was the usual causes, speed and a drunk driver.“When I got to the car I could see the driver was already dead and there was nothing that could be done for him.‘’The bodyguard in the front was conscious, but he was trapped and had very severe facial injuries.XAVIER Gourmelon was recalled to the crash scene many times — to deal with accidents caused by tourists who walked into the tunnel to see where Diana died.He said: “People wanted to see for themselves where it happened.
"The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. But I found out later she had died in hospital. By MICHAEL SEAMARK and REBECCA ENGLISH. We got straight to work to see who needed help and who was alive.“The woman, who I later found out was Princess Diana, was on the floor in the back. I told him that none of my men spoke English so it was better for him to keep still and not move. As a firefighter he says it was an ordinary road accident.“What made it extraordinary was the person involved, the world’s most famous woman he tried so desperately to save.”The news of Princess Diana's death on August 31, 1997 shook the world as the People's Princess died aged 36 after the car she was riding in crashed in Paris.On that night, the late Princess was in the rear seat of a Mercedes S280 limo with Dodi Al-Fayed, driver Henri Paul and Trevor Rees-Jones, one member of Al-Fayed’s security team, on the front seats.Mr Rees-Jones, who now goes by the name Trevor Rees, suffered tremendous injuries, but was the only person to survive the crash.Princess Diana, Mr Al-Fayed and Mr Paul died despite the paramedics’ efforts to save them.Mr Rees has been unable to recollect what happened on that tragic night between the moment he entered the car and the crash.The Mercedes, which had been followed by paparazzi trying to take a picture of Diana, crashed against the 13th pillar in the tunnel under the Pont d’Alma near the river Seine. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed Diana photographed hours before her fatal crash in Paris Xavier, circled, with other firefighters at Di’s crashed car Xavier Gourmelon, the firefighter who tired to save Princess Diana The car crash killed Princess Diana, her lover Dodi and the driver Xavier said the princess was conscious with her eyes open when he pulled her from the wreckage The firefighter was convinced that she was going to live after her heart started beating again Xavier says that she even started breathing again after he gave her CPR The firefighter had no idea that it was Princess Diana in the car when he got to the scene Diana asked Xavier 'what happened' and he tried to reassure her This is the first time Xavier has spoken to the media about the crash and that night After Xavier took Diana to the hospital he returned to the fire station where he was working a double shift Princess Diana suffered massive internal injuries causing internal bleeding PRINCESS DIANA’s last words were revealed by first attendant Xavier Gourmelon, who desperately tried to save the Princess after her tragic car accident in Paris. Harry will also make solo visits to Botswana, Angola and Malawi while Meghan, Archie and their newest nanny will remain in South Africa.The source said: “They always discuss Diana’s charity work and brainstorm ways they can continue her legacy.
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