Jakson Buhaj

“And I think that’s something that really stuck with me after we wrapped filming, that there is a whole other timeline out there where a seat belt could have saved Princess Diana.”

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Buhaj expressed how the seat belt issue stayed with him after filming the special.

“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.”

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Buhaj speculated that bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones should have urged Diana to wear a seat belt given the car's speed.

“... She is the most famous person on the planet. ... So not only are billions of people across the world glued to the screen whenever she appears on it, but she’s also constantly having to look over her shoulder out of fear.”

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Buhaj elaborated on the intense public scrutiny Diana faced as the world's most famous person.

“I think getting into that car with Henri Paul was a death sentence for Princess Diana. ... And had she not done that, she could still be with us today.”

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Buhaj argued that getting into the car with Henri Paul sealed Diana's fate.

“There are many, many things that could have prevented the death of Princess Diana,”

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Buhaj discussed the many factors that could have prevented Diana's death.

“I think what I learned about her paranoia coming away from the special was that she had an extremely strained relationship, not just with her husband, but with the entire royal family. And I think that played a huge role in that paranoia.”

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Buhaj linked Diana's paranoia to her strained relationships with Charles and the royal family.

“It's very odd that no one was wearing a seat belt,”

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Buhaj commented on the fact that no one in the car was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

“People in her close circle described her as quite paranoid,”

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Buhaj discussed accounts describing Diana as paranoid about her safety.

“... Princess Diana had this way of effortlessly merging with the people, walking through that minefield in Angola, going and reaching out and touching children suffering from AIDS, which is something that the royal family would never even dream of doing,”

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Buhaj praised Diana's ability to connect with ordinary people, citing her humanitarian work in Angola and with AIDS patients.

“But it put her in a different light. It immortalized her in a way where she was this polarizing figure who was one of the people. And I don’t think that will ever change.”

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Buhaj concluded that Diana's legacy as 'the people's princess' remains unchanged.

“What I think is the most tragic thing about this is that had everyone been wearing their seat belt, unfortunately, Henri Paul and Dodi Fayed probably would’ve passed away, but Diana most likely still would’ve been with us,”

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Buhaj reflected on how wearing seat belts might have changed the outcome for the crash victims.