One small decision before Princess Diana’s 1997 crash could have saved her life and changed history.On Aug.31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed alongside her companion, Dodi Fayed, and their driver, Henri Paul, when their Mercedes crashed at high speed in a Paris tunnel while paparazzi pursued them.
The mother of two was just 36.The tragedy is getting a fresh examination in FOX’s new special, "Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana," which airs Aug.20.
Using modern recreation technology to reconstruct the events surrounding the crash, host and investigative crime journalist Jakson Buhaj joins British forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes and former U.S.Secret Service agent Rich Staropoli to revisit the evidence, scrutinize the theories and explore what really happened that night in Paris.INSIDE PRINCESS DIANA AND JFK JR'S SECRET MEETING THAT FUELED ROMANCE RUMORS FOR DECADESPrincess Diana is seen here leaving the first anti-AIDS bookshop in Paris, circa 1992.
The late Princess of Wales is the subject of a new special titled "Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana." (Vincent Amalvy/AFP via Getty Images)Buhaj told Fox News Digital that knowing one simple thing might have saved the princess makes her death all the more haunting."It's very odd that no one was wearing a seat belt," he said."You would think that [Dodi Fayed's bodyguard] Trevor Rees-Jones, who was sitting in the front seat directly ahead of Diana ...
would caution her that she should definitely put a seat belt on, considering the car is driving way over the speed limit....
Yet no one thinks to do that.""Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana" premieres Aug.20, 2026, at 8 p.m.
on FOX and will be available next day for streaming on Hulu.(Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana)Rees-Jones accompanied Diana and Fayed on their final trip, but he worked as a bodyguard for Fayed's family, not as Diana's official protection officer.WATCH: PRINCESS DIANA'S FINAL MOMENTS: WHAT COULD HAVE SAVED HER?"What...