Princess Diana\u2019s former chauffeur, Steve Davies, believes she would still be alive if he had been driving the night she died. Reflecting on the tragedy nearly 28 years later, Davies said, \u201cIf I\u2019d been driving her that night in Paris, she would still be here today\u2026 because I would\u2019ve kept her safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
On August 31, 1997, Diana, aged 36, was in a car with her partner Dodi Fayed, driver Henri Paul, and bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones. Chased by paparazzi through Paris\u2019s Pont de l\u2019Alma tunnel, Paul\u2014who was four times over the French legal alcohol limit\u2014lost control and crashed. Paul and Fayed died instantly; Diana and Rees-Jones were critically injured. Diana was pronounced dead at 4 a.m.<\/p>\n
Davies, who lost his job before the crash, later learned from The Crown<\/em> that journalist Martin Bashir had falsely accused him of leaking information, possibly to gain Diana\u2019s trust before his infamous Panorama<\/em> interview.<\/p>\n Ken Wharfe, Diana\u2019s former protection officer, also believes her death was avoidable. He said the tragedy might have been prevented had Rees-Jones driven or if Diana had kept her Scotland Yard security team. Wharfe recalled warning her weeks earlier, but she dismissed the team soon after. He believes that had the Queen insisted, Diana would have listened\u2014and might still be alive today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Princess Diana\u2019s former chauffeur, Steve Davies, believes she would still be alive if he had been driving the night she died. Reflecting on the tragedy nearly 28 years later, Davies said, \u201cIf I\u2019d been driving her that night in Paris, she would still be here today\u2026 because I would\u2019ve kept her safe.\u201d On August 31,…<\/p>\n