

Princess Diana was 36 when she was killed, and her death prompted a wave of global mourning.

He would leave London for Oswestry, his father's hometown on the Welsh border, to work part-time at a friend's sports store. Rees-Jones resigned from Harrods in May 1998, saying in a statement he wanted to "move forward with his life." To keep busy, Rees-Jones took up a security job with "light duties" at Harrods, the London department store once owned by Al-Fayed. The couple had reportedly separated well before the Paris tragedy. Outside of the glare of the headlines, Rees-Jones's first marriage ended. He was taken to a private location by a helicopter owned by his then-employer Mohammed Al-Fayed, Dodi's father, and billionaire businessman. Every bone in the bodyguard's face was broken in the crash, seeing him undergo intensive surgery. He would return to the United Kingdom on Octoamid a flurry of media attention. Rees-Jones spent a month in a Paris hospital recovering from his injuries. Months after the incident, he could only communicate through whisper or in writing. French surgeon Luc Chikhani reportedly spent 10 hours operating on Rees-Jones, reconstructing his face using family photographs. He suffered severe brain injuries in the crash and broke every bone in his face. READ MORE: How the world reacted to the shock death of Diana, 25 years ago
