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b.Henri
Paul, 3 July, 1956,
Brittany, France.
d..31
August, 1997, Paris, France. |
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Henri Paul (July 3,
1956 - August 31, 1997) was an employee of the Hôtel Ritz Paris
and the chauffeur driving at the time of the automobile accident
that killed him along with Diana, Princess of Wales, and her
romantic interest Dodi Al-Fayed.
Trevor Rees-Jones, Al-Fayed's bodyguard, survived. French police
report that Paul was under the influence of alcohol and trying to
elude paparazzi at high speed when the automobile he was driving
crashed into the thirteenth column supporting the Alma Tunnel in
Paris, France. Some controversy surrounds when, how, and even
whether Paul might have consumed as much alcohol as the police
suggest he did. His blood alcohol content level was between 1.73
grams per litre to 1.75 grams per litre. Paul received a pilot's
license in 1974. His annual pilot's physical three days before the
accident did not reveal alcoholism. The original document
Certificat D'Aptitude Physique et Mentale was shown in
German-Television "ZDF" in 1998. His employer, the Ritz Hotel, had
him trained as a driver by Mercedes-Benz. It has been revealed to
the British team reinvestigating the death of Diana that Henri
Paul was a contact for the French Secret Services. Henri Paul may
had even provided information to the British MI6.

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