Where Is Princess Diana’s Crash Survivor Trevor Rees-Jones Now?

Princess Diana’s death at the age of 36 stunned the world in 1997 after a paparazzi pursuit ended in a fatal high-speed crash in Paris. Of the four people in the vehicle, only Trevor Rees-Jones, her assigned bodyguard, survived. Diana, her companion Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul, a 41-year-old Ritz employee, were killed. Nearly three decades later, Rees-Jones—who worked for Dodi’s father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, and was responsible for protecting Dodi and, by extension, Diana—has built a private life far from the intense scrutiny that followed the crash.

Rees-Jones was photographed in 2022 in his native Shropshire, England, where he lives with his wife, Ann Scott, and their two children. The images showed him driving with prominent facial scars left by the accident. After leaving the Fayed family’s employment in 1998, he continued his career in security. Now known as Trevor Rees after separating from his first wife, Sue Jones, his LinkedIn profile lists roles with the United Nations and several private firms. He later joined pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in Cambridge, where he has been head of global security since 2019.

A source told The Sun that Rees is now “living a peaceful life,” even though “the enormity of what happened that night is still with him and the scars are visible.” The source described his current existence as “quiet and uneventful,” saying he does not seek publicity or frequently discuss the tragedy. “He’s tried to move on and get on with his life,” they added.

Rees-Jones has previously spoken about the shock of discovering that he alone had survived the crash that claimed Diana and two other lives. In comments to The Mirror several months afterward, reported by Deseret News, he recalled, “I felt terrible.” He said the incident was so traumatic that he initially assumed everyone else had survived as well. Rees-Jones also acknowledged experiencing profound survivor’s guilt, explaining, “In my case the people who died were special people. It doesn’t seem right that I should be the only one who lived.”

Survival came at a devastating physical cost. Rees-Jones spent a month in the hospital, including 10 days in a coma, after suffering serious injuries to his head and chest that required extensive surgery and left lasting facial scars. Speaking to CNN, he said the wreckage made his survival difficult to comprehend: “Anytime I look at the vehicle, it amazes me how anyone got out of there alive, especially myself who was sitting in the front seat.” Still, he has resisted being defined solely by the tragedy. “I am more than a car accident,” he told The Guardian. “There is more to me than just a car accident.”