The claim that a French firefighter has “finally” broken his silence is misleading: Sergeant Xavier Gourmelon first spoke publicly about Princess Diana’s final moments in 2017, on the 20th anniversary of her death.
Gourmelon led the Paris fire brigade’s first-response team at the Pont de l’Alma tunnel on August 31, 1997. He said that when he reached the wrecked Mercedes, Diana was conscious, with her eyes open, and asked him: “My God, what’s happened?