Princess Diana's bodyguard speak out | Sunrise

Our next guest says Princess Diana would still be alive if he'd been on duty the night she died. Lee Sansum was Diana's bodyguard and she trusted him with some of her biggest secrets. In a series of stunning claims, Lee says Diana was planning to leave her sons and escape to America to avoid the U.K. media. The revelations are from his new book The Bodyguard
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[@_birdie]

I can only imagine how heartbroken she would be if she saw the state of her boys’ relationship….

[@joannemurdock7899]

I agree seat belts help save lives!

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

And it's a bad idea to get in a car with a drunk driver.

[@lindaberg1695]

I've given some thought before writing this and yes, I can see Diana doing that. It wouldn't have been 'leaving' the boys but rather, not being allowed to raise them outside the UK...the boys were in boarding school, not at home and yes I can see her living in the US but returning frequently on school holidays & other occasions to spend time with her boys. I'm sure she would have kept a home at Kensington Palace or elsewhere as a base for spending time with her sons....

[@enjaeostberg3071]

She'd have taken them with her!

[@lindafielding4583]

@@enjaeostberg3071 The royal family would not allow that.

[@paulineconneely6792]

do not think she would have left her beloved sons

[@joanfry5440]

Excuse me but Americans had seat belts before Europe and UK.

[@robynmeyer7796]

Who cares

[@JuanHernandez-zp8ie]

I like this Brittish channel! I'm going to subscribe! loved it!!!

[@cherylcallahan5402]

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[@tarik6990]

I don't know if I should post this here but not sure where else I could do it. I'm looking for a long documentary about Princess Diana's death which came out around 2009 or so. It was done by a British reporter and it was several hours long. He bought the same Mercedes as the one in which he died and investigated everything from the brakes, to the airbags and also the events following her death like the ambulance taking forever to get her to the hospital. It was very compelling but unfortunately I have not been able to find it since, I don't remember the name of the reporter or the name of the documentary. I just know it was several hours long and divided in many parts. I believe I saw it on Dailymotion back in the day. I would appreciate if anyone could point out to me what the documentary was and who produced it.

[@robynmeyer7796]

Colin Mclaren (an Australian ex detective) did an interesting documentary on the crash.

[@tarik6990]

@@robynmeyer7796 I checked, that's not who I was looking for. The journalist was British and had short black hair.

[@cayea4076]

Diana was considering moving to America? Well that helps explain why Meghan managed to convince Harry to move to the states. I really believe Meghan Markle studied the royal family hard - she was especially obsessed with Princess Diana, and has schemed and manipulated,.... she's absolutely unimaginable.

[@SincerityJ]

Harry didn't want to stay in the UK living a constrained life in the Royal family, even before he met Meghan. Probably he subconsciously fell for an American because of that reason. He said when he realised how depressed Meghan was, he didn't want to see her life play out like Diana's. That's how he made the decision. Don't agree with you putting vial hate on Meghan, and thinking you know it all.

[@suzannehaigh4281]

That does not make sense. She was loved by everybody, I presume you include the UK in this, yet she felt she could not do right in the UK??

[@lindaberg1695]

Because of the way she was hounded and treated by the press. I remember it well. They were relentless.

[@comet1227]

This man didn't know her. He's another parasite profiting from her death.

[@SincerityJ]

Could you stand being in the papers nearly everyday with everything you did publicly being photographed and analysed?

[@comet1227]

@@SincerityJ It would have helped if she didn't call and inform them of where she was going to be. Just saying..

[@chriswatkin5476]

Having no crash barriers around the foot of the columns holding up the roof was a major cause no health and safety laws in France ?

[@lindafielding4583]

She was planning a move to California when the boys went back to school.

[@bobjohnson3174]

Now regardless of all the theories and the stories the unknown facts still remain. Now anyone that's worked in the industry would surely like to know why the bodyguard and the driver couldn't react verbally and immediately to a potentially dangerous situation, and then take whatever action was necessary to avoid this collision or anything else for that matter. Now it's possible that Fayed was being a back seat driver at this stage although, the bodyguard and the driver only had 1 job and that was to ensure their passengers arrived at their destination safely. More could be said but that's enough.

[@robynmeyer7796]

The security team failed miserably. Rees-Jones claiming lack of memory - whatever! Decent people take responsibility for their failures! I just wish Diana peace and a chance to rest.

[@edwinab2590]

Why this discussion "right now"?

[@SincerityJ]

It's the 25th anniversary of her death. That's why there's been a doco made also.

[@gleefulme9617]

Of course the former bodyguard completely ignores the bodyguard who was in the car when Diana died. Trevor Resse-Jones survived because he was the only one wearing a seat belt. Lee's statement implies Trevor wasn't good at his job. The business of selling a book has become insulting.

[@myfemvideo]

Nope he wasn't wearing a seabelt either. Do your research

[@SincerityJ]

From World News 21/9/97:- "A study of pictures taken by photographers during the course of the night showed that Trevor Rees-Jones did not wear seat belts when the Mercedes left the Paris Ritz hotel on the night in question. But later pictures showed Rees-Jones wearing the belts shortly before the August 31 crash, which also killed Diana's companion Dodi Fayed and the driver of the car. Police believe the last-minute action saved his life. None of the other occupants of the car were wearing seat belts. Investigators said the evidence suggested that the bodyguard realized there was serious danger of an accident, either because of the speed of the car or because of the proximity of other vehicles." I absolutely agree Trevor wasn't good at his job. Diana died under his wastch! The former bodyguard had balls (arguing with Dodi to keep him safe), and conviction to do a good job. I found that story really interesting. Insulting?, not to me.

[@agussholeh0866]

I hope governments in all countries to unite bridge pillars as high as one or two meters so that if a car hits a bridge support it can still slide not as badly as a car hits a bridge pillar so that an accident hitting pillar like what happened to princess Diana does not happen again sorry and thank you

[@SincerityJ]

So a woman in her 30s couldn't think to put a seat belt on, plus being in a speeding car? I have no sympathy for her. Dodi sounds like he could have been like someone I knew, who never wore his seat belt. Refusing to belt up, which can save your life, sounds quite weird. We don't hear about any reason he gave for refusing. The person I knew had claustrophobia, severe arachnophobia, and probably other phobias. The first phobia would have been connected to not wanting to be strapped in.

[@lumbengsun5841]

I would like what happens to princess Diana is she was murder by somebody.

[@FreddieandBrenda]

I don’t believe that she would have left her sons at all! They were everything to her! She would have never left them with Charles and only come back to visit, nope, don’t believe it

[@enjaeostberg3071]

It's "Diana's bodyguard SPEAKS out."

[@comet1227]

How is anyone taking this man seriously? He wasn't "her" bodyguard. He was a Al Fayed bodyguard who met her that summer. That means he knew her less than a month. It's easy to speak for the dead when they aren't here to correct it.

[@lindafielding4583]

She confided this when they were in San Tropez and he was assigned to her and the boys.

[@comet1227]

@@lindafielding4583 LOL. NOPE. He worked for Al Fayed. When the boys were with her they had royal security. She had the same royal protection but dismissed it because she was being immature. He wasn't her body guard, ad he certainly wasn't the boys either. That's why he said he'd like to meet harry. Why would he like to meet him if he already knew him?

[@SincerityJ]

So disappointed! I thought it was going to be an interview with Trevor, the bodyguard in the car. What a con to keep you watching Sunrise!

[@nancy3853]

Diana called the press, think about that! It is one big cover up and Prince Charles did not go too France after because the Spencer’s flew down and wanted a small funeral!

[@Hopefully.2024]

So what you are saying is they used a fake Charles and a fake Queen's flight to bring Diana back...

[@comet1227]

Seriously? Who was that in the video going to hospital in Paris to pick up her body with her sisters? His twin?

[@snowbird7614]

She would have been alive if she wore a seatbelt. Per Paris doctors

[@giselameunier4788]

Nonsens, she was alife but the ambulance was kept 1/2 hour in front of the Hospita, and when they took her ai last inside she was dsying, Royal famely responsable, especially Elisabeth' II husband

[@lumbengsun5841]

I am not l00 per cents believed bodyguard is telling the truth

[@carolinejohnson22]

Lee, was Dodi's actual girlfriend ok with him being with Diana all day and only joining her on the other yacht at night???? 😄🤭

[@Bichonfrise369]

Lol 😂 ok he really want sale books now. Very small ego.

[@ewartjeffries2498]

Stop this what if, you weren't there yes what if???? Stop this now more pressure on our Royal family. STOP IT surely he doesn't need the money jumping on the money train. I am disgusted with this.

[@SincerityJ]

It's not what if, it's fact. She would have survived if wearing a seat belt. It was in the doctors' and police report.

[@giselameunier4788]

They tell this so the royal family can not be taken responsible for her murder