London - The former bodyguards of Princess Diana yesterday rejected claims by Mr Mohamed Al Fayed that they were to blame for the crash that killed her and his son Dodi.
Mr Trevor Rees-Jones, the only survivor of the accident, said he had done all he could to protect the couple. Mr Kes Wingfield, who was driving a decoy car at the time, said he was furious and saddened that Mr Al Fayed had made the "outrageous and groundless suggestion" in the run-up to the anniversary of the crash.
The two men - who stopped working for the owner of Harrods in May and June this year - were responding to his allegation in yesterday's American issue of Time magazine that they had "caused the devastation and the accident through their incompetence and unprofessional practices".