world at that point exactly where the state of the marriage was. this wasn t unexpected. it was just waiting for sort of royal ad mission that things were really wrong here. but according to palace insiders, charles is not about to do that. they say the people on his team have other ideas. they set out to diminish diana in the public s eyes. this was an attempt to intimidate us, it was a bullying tactic. what diana s private secretary, patrick jeffson, calls a smear campaign that he says began in 1991. for diana s 30th birthday, charles wanted to throw a party and she saw it as a pr stunt so his people could say, here he is, the loving devoted husband putting on a birthday party for her. reluctance to have a big birthday party was prominently reported on the front page of
phenomenal. is it true that this photographer made more than $1 million? absolutely. probably made a million dollars in the first week i would have thought. the papers want more, and the photographers will do anything to get it. it was like the media outlets didn t count the money. they were splashing the money around. they just wanted the shot. the game is on, and there s no turning back. diana s former secretary, patrick jeffson, is watching from london and grows concerned. i got two very sharply contrasting pictures. one was of a woman who was, yes, free and liberated and rather determinedly happy. but another of a woman who was not nearly as grounded as she had been or needed to be. she chose the company of people who were rich jet-setters, who
didn t happen. the queen was ready to go to scotland for her week. she s back in windsor. if they wanted to have a meeting to reconcile, it s not that simple. you have to book an appointment with a queen unless she nooks on the door. that really isn t her majesty s way. she would not be turning up alone and unguided. she wouldn t take that risk right now given the situation that harry goes back to california and probably tells everybody everything that people have said. it s that bad between everybody. that s the unfortunate dynamic that seems to keep happening. we ll see. neil, thank you. always good to see neil sean in london. thank you. on the latest episode of the untold story podcast, i sat down with patrick jeffson who knew princess diana very well. why he says that meghan markle is the opposite of harry s mom
satin. crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of the couple as they moved through the city. an estimated 100,000 people enjoying the festivities in trafalgar square and hyde park combined. it was a party. also a party, our team that saw it all. msnbc s chris jansing live in london with former private secretary to princess diana, patrick jeffson. you got to see the dress. was it really any surprise? it looked great. i think the big surprise was that she really went with something so classic by design house that is known for being a little bit edgy. but she has been over the last several years with eyes of the world on her so classic and so stylish. she knows who she is. i think that that was shown.
and teleoscopic cameras, able to zoom in all the way to license plates. that kind of detail they ll be able to watch. and they re going to be monitoring all of those things. there wille 5,000 police officers on the streets, most of them, this is something that most americans probably don t know, most of them are unarmed. and that s how police roam in this country for the most part. having said that, there will be armed teams on side roads that will be able to be called in. one of the things they re trying to do here is strike a balance between this kind of overt security presence, which they don t really want to have, and the fact that this is really a celebration. they re trying to secure the event while not looking too heavy handed. it will be difficult to do. andrea? stephanie gosk, great to see you. thanks so much, stephanie. and how is kate middleton preparing to step in her new role as princess? joining us live from buckingham palace, nbc news royal contributor patrick jeffso