Princess Diana’s late former bodyguard is satisfied British secret service brokers might have unintentionally killed the royal – then launched a frantic cover-up operation to faux they have been by no means on the scene of her horror crash.
RadarOnline.com can reveal martial arts professional Lee Sansum – dubbed ‘Rambo’ by Diana, and who died in 2025 aged 63 – went to his grave satisfied a surveillance unit was secretly dispatched to observe her by MI6.
He believed they have been rushing alongside her black Mercedes S280 earlier than its deadly smash in a Paris tunnel 25 years in the past, killing the mom-of-two alongside together with her companion Dodi Fayed and his driver Henri Paul.
Lee died satisfied the squad may have “inadvertently” made Paul crash and thought there could possibly be brokers who refused to return ahead to offer proof, which may clarify the net of mysteries and conspiracy theories that also shroud Diana’s lethal crash.
He additionally thought the story Paul was drunk on the wheel was drummed up by shadowy forces to make him a Lee Harvey Oswald-style patsy for the crash.
The ex-Military man and different safety guards drew straws to resolve who would go together with Diana on the evening of her crash, together with his pal Trevor Rees-Jones shedding the draw and getting within the automobile – earlier than ending up with catastrophic accidents and no reminiscence of the accident after he survived.
In an unique interview from his house earlier than his loss of life, Burnley-born Sansum stated: “My view relies on my expertise of being concerned in surveillance previous to Diana. We have been beneath surveillance by authorities companies. It was anticipated. It’s ludicrous to suppose the princess was out abroad with out anyone trying to see the place they have been – that is fairly ludicrous.
“It’s possible our safety companies have been there within the tunnel. They have been probably on the high-performance bikes that have been by no means discovered.
“I consider they have been there on the time. I feel they have been there, and someone stated, ‘Proper, we will not be seen to have been right here’, and that triggered a listing of occasions that the general public do not get.”
He added, “I feel the coincidences (and conspiracy theories) have been the results of an try and cowl up the very fact our secret companies have been there in the meanwhile of the crash.”
Lee harassed he did not suppose safety brokers murdered Diana, as many conspiracy theorists consider.
However he went on: “Whether or not it was a driver clipped someone or one thing like that – I do consider there have been individuals on the bottom on the time.
“A witness driving a automobile touring in entrance of the Mercedes in Paris that evening instructed the inquest that he noticed a high-powered bike overtake the automobile simply seconds earlier than the crash. One other witness travelling in the wrong way noticed a second bike swerve to keep away from smoke and wreckage, then keep on out of the tunnel with out stopping. The riders of these bikes have been by no means discovered, and that’s no coincidence.
“I consider that safety officers, probably British or a mixed British/French group, following Diana, might have both inadvertently triggered the crash or have been in shut proximity to the automobile when it occurred.”
He theorized, “If it have been identified that MI6 operatives have been proper by the Mercedes on the vital second, lots of people would have blamed them for it, and this is able to have been an enormous scandal.
“I do not consider for one second that MI6 organized to have Diana killed. There was no cause to do it, and a automobile crash is just not a dependable means to make sure the loss of life of a goal anyway.
“Trevor was in that automobile. He survived and ultimately recovered. I do not suppose they have been making an attempt to homicide Diana, however I do consider they have been there, and that may have been sufficient to implicate them in her loss of life.”
He prompt, “Maybe they inadvertently triggered Henri Paul to take evasive motion. Possibly all they did was observe Diana’s automobile into that tunnel and watch in horror as the driving force misplaced management of it.
“Both means, in the event that they have been there, masking up their presence on the scene of the crash that killed probably the most well-known lady on the planet and mom of the long run king would have been essential.
“It could have been the one precedence from that time onwards and would clarify why a distinct clarification for the crash was badly wanted: the idea that Henri Paul was drunk… the entire thing stank, however a scapegoat was wanted.”
Sansum added he thought “there’s extra proof there” that can by no means be revealed by the brokers he believed fled the tunnel.
He claimed brokers who first raided driver Paul’s residence following the smash solely discovered “a few bottles of booze”.
Sansum claimed a second go to revealed “sufficient to inventory a full bar” and highlighted a conspiracy principle the chauffeur’s blood was switched with specimens flooded with alcohol to shift blame for Diana’s loss of life onto the driving force.
He contemplated: “If it was simply an accident, then how can we account for a few of the unusual issues that occurred that evening or clarify the actions taken by the authorities afterwards, which give nearly overwhelming proof of a cover-up of some sort?
“Is it doable that members of our safety companies have been concerned in or at the least witnessed the accident, however their presence has been utterly erased from the official model of occasions?
“In case you suppose it unattainable that Princess Diana was beneath surveillance from our safety companies on the time, then let me ask this query: are you able to think about a situation the place the prime minister contacts the pinnacle of MI6 and asks him the place Princess Diana is and he replies that he would not know?”
He claimed, “Diana was the mom of the inheritor to the throne. They might have had eyes on her all the time. Think about if she had been focused by terrorists, kidnapped by criminals, or just compromised by being within the fallacious place with the fallacious individuals on the fallacious time?
“No means would the authorities have allowed that to occur. Diana was beneath surveillance for her personal safety but in addition so that everybody knew the place she was always, which was absolutely a matter of nationwide safety.”
Lee stated he and his colleague Martin noticed a “14 Firm Particular Reconnaissance Unit man” close to the Al-Fayed house in Oxted earlier than the group left with Diana and her rumored fiancée Dodi to St Tropez for her notorious boat journey with the playboy.
Sansum claimed, “I did not consider Martin at first. I even stated, ‘No means there’s a DET man right here.’ Martin was adamant: ‘I am telling you, I lived three doorways down from him in Hereford.’
“We went again and noticed the bloke once more, and Martin confirmed it was the person he knew from his time serving with the SAS.
“We have been usually adopted by MI5, and this was the primary time we had seen a Particular Forces man close to Oxted.”
Sansum additionally claimed Diana, 36, instructed him of her fears she was going to be assassinated like her gunned-down pal Gianni Versace throughout her ultimate sunshine break in St Tropez.
However he added he could not put his arms round her as he knew their each transfer was being watched.
Sansum stated: “When Versace was killed, she was in tears, crying on the boat, and requested me, ‘Are they going to kill me?’ It did not shock me she stated that. It appeared an inexpensive query to ask in that state of affairs – she had a wholesome paranoia.”
After Diana’s loss of life, Sansum stated he too feels he might have been put beneath surveillance by an identical group he suspects may have triggered the royal’s smash.
He added about his time again in Britain after the Paris horror: “Whether or not it was simply two guys in a black automobile, I do not know. However in case you’re within the depths of a British safety operation at that degree, they’d know the place every one in every of us was.”
Sansum, who served as a royal navy police officer, was one in every of Diana’s bodyguards shortly earlier than she died in 1997, escorting her throughout a household vacation to the French resort of Saint-Tropez that yr.
The previous bodyguard’s spouse introduced the tragic information of his loss of life in a publish on Fb in Might final yr, revealing he had died of a sudden coronary heart assault.
Alongside a collection of images displaying the couple all through their years collectively, she wrote: “Since assembly in 1998, Lee Sansum has been my soul mate, hero and most superb man in my world.
“So I am devastated to share that he’s now not with us. He had a deadly coronary heart assault on Saturday morning at house.
“His big presence shall be missed world wide as a lot as it’s in our family, though his capability for love and the life abilities he has shared have left a legacy that can by no means be misplaced.”
“He is ceaselessly liked and can at all times be with us. I really like you greater than ever, ‘My Pretty Lee.'” she concluded.
Dad-of-six Sansum held black belts in karate, jujitsu and kick-boxing – prompting him to be nicknamed ‘Rambo’ by Diana.
He was additionally a guard for A-listers together with Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Nicole Kidman, and Tom Cruise.