BRITAIN: Bodyguard denies conspiracy.

THE only survivor of the crash in which Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed, denied yesterday he was part of a murder cover-up.

Former bodyguard Trevor Rees, originally of Oswestry, took the stand at the central London inquests into the deaths of Diana and her lover, Dodi Fayed.

In a soft voice, Mr Rees told the jury: "I am not part of a conspiracy to suppress the truth at all. All I have ever done is given the truth as I see it."

He was answering a question in which Ian Burnett QC, for the Coroner, outlined Mohamed al Fayed's claim that Diana was murdered.

Mr Burnett said: "What is being suggested by Mohamed al Fayed is that you are part of a conspiracy to suppress the truth that his son, the Princess of Wales and Henri Paul were murdered by the British security services."

Mr Rees was Dodi Fayed's bodyguard and the front seat passenger in the Mercedes.

The former paratrooper, formerly known as Rees-Jones, worked with American author Moira Johnston on a book called The Bodyguard's Story.

Mr Burnett suggested the book had been written either by or at the behest of the security services. "Is there any truth in that?"

Mr Rees replied: "None whatsoever."

Mr Burnett also suggested the book had been written with Dominic Lawson, editor of the Sunday Telegraph, or by journalist Martin Gregory, who had also written another book "not supportive" of Mr al Fayed's claims Mr Rees replied neither had any part at all.

The inquest continues.