private secretary and former chief of staff, books includes shadows of a princess and the meghan factor. thank you so much for being here, patrick. you were with her for eight years, 24/7, 365 days a year. what about her might the rest of us not understand? that s a good question, michael. i think perhaps the thing that surprises people about diana is to realize that she was not the girl next door type. i know she s famous for having been approachable and relatable and as you said, to have humanized the monarchy. but actually she was an aristocrat to her fingertips. she had royal quality that you couldn t mistake a charisma and she was extremely professional as a princess, very dutiful, very diligent and she had that great old royal virtue of putting duty before self.
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loan forgiveness fair? up ahead, if merrick garland does indictment president trump, even if warranted, should he first consider whether it might ignite a civil war? it s a concern raised in a brand new editorial in the new york times i m eager to ask senator patrick leahy about it. he s third in the presidential line of succession. plus, wednesday marks the 25th anniversary of when the world lost princess diana. her chief of staff and private secretary patrick jeffson is here to reflect. voltaren. the joy of movement.
royalty and celebrity are not the same thing. royalty to enjoy the privileges of the titles and the prestige of royalty, that has to be earned everyday. it s on loan from the british people. and i think it s the lack of evidence that the royal prestige is still being earned that causes the problem. patrick, finally, 25 years ago the royal family struggled in terms of how to deal with the passing of princess diana. is there a right way that this coming wednesday, both the queen and charles, should handle this situation, this anniversary? well, the monarchy as an institution doesn t really do anniversaries of deaths. today incidentally is the anniversary of the death of the queen s uncle. so, there s going to be no public expression of anything to mark that. and with diana, the tenth anniversary was well marked, the
and love of country before everything. patrick, since her passing, and more recently we have learned she really was duped by martin ba here is, right, in that pan a ram ma interview. of what consequence was that? the direct consequence of martin basher s unethical interview she was cut off from the royal family and the support system that that represented. the interview led to direct intervention from the queen instructing both charles and diana to finalize their divorce and that meant that from then on diana was on her own. and that led, i think, through a series of interconnected incidents to her being in the back of that mercedes in paris on the tragic night. but for the bashere interview could the marriage to charles survived? by her telling, there were three