Doctor who was at the scene of Princess Diana’s accident just before she died speaks out

• Dr. Ferderic Mailliez gives surprising details.
• Did they let her die?
• The doctor makes startling revelations about Princess Diana’s death.

The woman was on the floor of a wrecked Mercedes, unconscious and gasping for breath. The French doctor did not know who she was, he was only focused on trying to save her. Twenty-five years later, the doctor who was with Princess Diana moments before she died has new details.

What happened in the Alma Tunnel in Paris on August 31, 1997 and the idea that he was one of the last people to see Princess Diana alive continues to affect Dr. Frederic Mailliez: “I realize that my name will always will be associated with this tragic night,» he told The Associated Press. Dr. Mailliez was on his way home from a party when he saw the accident. «I feel a little bit responsible for her last moments.»

Doctor who was with Princess Diana moments before she died speaks out

Princess Diana’s fans around the world are commemorating a quarter century since her passing. Mailliez recalled the moments after the crash. That night he was driving through the tunnel when he saw a smoking Mercedes that was nearly split in two.

«I walked toward the wreckage. I opened the door, and I looked inside,» he said. What he saw: “Four people, two of them were apparently dead, no reaction, no breathing, and the two others, on the right side, were living but in severe condition. The front passenger was screaming, he was breathing. He could wait a few minutes, he revealed to the AP.

“She was unconscious”

«And the female passenger, the young lady, was on her knees on the floor of the Mercedes, she had her head down. She had difficulty to breathe. She needed quick assistance.” He ran to his car to call emergency services and grab a respiratory bag.»She was unconscious,» he told the AP.

«Thanks to my respiratory bag (…) she regained a little bit more energy, but she couldn’t say anything.» The doctor later found out on the news, along with the rest of the world, that the woman he treated was Diana, a national treasure adored by millions.

The doctor did not recognize that it was Princess Diana

«I know it’s surprising, but I didn’t recognize Princess Diana,» he said. “I was in the car on the rear seat giving assistance. I realized she was very beautiful, but my attention was so focused on what I had to do to save her life, I didn’t have time to think, who was this woman, «he revealed.

“Someone behind me told me the victims spoke English, so I began to speak English, saying I was a doctor and I called the ambulance,” he said. «I tried to comfort her.» As he worked she noticed camera flashes from paparazzi gathered to document the scene.

How the he remembers Princess Diana’s death

A British investigation concluded that Diana’s driver, Henri Paul, was drunk and speeding to avoid photographers. Mailliez said he has «no reproach» for the actions of the photographers after the crash, according to AP.

«They didn’t affect my access to the victims…I didn’t ask them for help, but they didn’t interfere with my work either.» The firemen arrived quickly and Diana was taken to a hospital in Paris, where he died a few hours later. Her companion, Dodi Fayed, and the driver also died.

“Did I do correctly my job?” Doctor Mailliez is still asking himself

«It was a huge shock to learn that she was Princess Diana, and that she had died,» Mailliez said. Then doubts arose. “Did I do everything I could to save her? Did I do correctly my job?” he wondered. “I checked with my medical professors and I checked with police investigators.“ They agreed that he did everything in his power.

The anniversary has sparked those memories again, but they also come back on their own “every time I drive through the Alma Tunnel,” he said. As Mailliez spoke, standing in the tunnel, cars sped past the pillar where the princess crashed, which now has a drawing of Diana’s face, according to AP.