This is the complete transcript of the interview with
Trevor Rees-Jones as reported by
ABC News
Q: Do you remember leaving Rue Cambon?
A: I remember getting into the car and I do not remember anything else.
Q: In reference to the accident, do you remember what happened?
A: No.
Q: Do you remember what happened before the accident?
A: When we arrived [at the Ritz] there were numerous photographers and numerous cameramen who were getting in our way. That really upset the Princess and Dodi. I went to see the photographers. I asked them to move back. Dodi changed his plans. Dodi, the princess and Henri Paul and I left through the back exit. There were more photographers at the back.
Q: Do you have any memories of the journey?
A: I remember that we were followed. That’s all.
Q: Where were you going?
A: We were going to the apartments.
Q: On the Champs-Elysees?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you remember which way you were followed and by whom?
A: There were two motorbikes and one car. I do not remember the route. It seems to me that there was one white car with a boot that opened at the back.
Q: Do you know how Mr. Paul was called in and by whom?
A: Dodi called to ask him to drive us from the back of the hotel.
Q: Why?
A: No, it was Dodi who changed his plans. Not I.
Q: What had the original plan been then?
A: The idea was to leave from the front in two cars to keep the photographers as far away as possible. I thought it would be better to have two cars rather than one.
Q: Do you know the Place De La Concorde?
A: Next to the Ritz?
Q: No, the square next to the Ritz is the Place Vendome. Do you remember who was closest, the car or the bikes?
A: I do not remember.
Q: Did their position change during the journey?
A: I do not know.
Q: So the car was following when you left the Ritz?
A: Yes.
Q: Were photos taken?
A: I do not know.
Q: This car was behind you?
A: It crossed the street when we left and then it followed us.
Q: Do you remember other cars which followed you that day?
A: There was a jeep and two bikes and a three-door car, I think the car was dark colored.
Q: What was the attitude of Princess Diana and Dodi towards the photographers?
A: They were not pleased. They were too close. On the journey from Le Bourget Airport to Paris they followed us.
Q: And they were at the Ritz?
A: Yes.
Q: How was Mr. Paul that evening, since you knew him from before?
A: He seemed fine.
Q: So in terms of the accident itself you have no memories?
A: No.