FRANCE PARIS TREVOR REESJONES ARRIVES AT PALAIS DE JUSTICE UPDATE

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(19 Dec 1997) Natural Sound • • Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, the only survivor of the car crash that killed Princess Diana, on Friday met again with a French judge in charge of the case. • • Investigators were hoping Rees-Jones would be able to remember more of the events leading up to the August 31st accident. • • But a source close to the investigation said he didn't recall any significant new details. • • Trevor Rees-Jones, the sole survivor of the crash that killed Princess Diana, arrives at the Palais de Justice in Paris for questioning by the investigating judge. • • Under heavy police guard, the former bodyguard was engulfed by photographers as he stepped from a black Mercedes with his lawyer Christian Curtil. • • His facial injuries from the August 31 crash were clearly visible. • • Rees-Jones looked grim as he walked unsteadily up the steps of the palace for what was expected to be an hour-long meeting with investigating Judge Herve Stephan. • • Rees-Jones is said to be still exhausted while recovering from his injuries. • • The Princess's former bodyguard has already met twice with French investigators - once in September and again in early October. • • The Associated Press has obtained some of Rees-Jones' first statements made to the judge while he was still in hospital in October. • • The statements talk about the events of the evening before the fatal accident. • • Investigators on Friday had been hoping that Rees-Jones, who has struggled with memory loss since the crash, could remember more of the events leading up to the accident. • • But a source close to the case said after the meeting that Rees-Jones couldn't remember anything else of significance. • • Since 3 October, Rees-Jones has been recuperating in England after being discharged from the hospital in the French capital. • • He has said he remembers no details of the actual crash, but does remember leaving the Ritz Hotel and being followed by a white car. • • Paris police are looking into whether a white Fiat Uno was involved in the crash. • • They believe Diana's Mercedes brushed against a small white car just before losing control and crashing into a pillar in the Pont de l'Alma traffic tunnel. • • The crash killed Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul. • • Paul was drunk at the time and was believed to have been driving at a very high speed. • • Investigators still believe alcohol and speed were the primary reasons for the crash. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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