Book Reveals JFK Jr. Sought Princess Diana for George Cover at 1995 Secret Meeting
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
Book Reveals JFK Jr. Sought Princess Diana for George Cover at 1995 Secret Meeting
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
Summary
Caroline Hallemann’s new book says JFK Jr. met Princess Diana privately at New York’s Carlyle Hotel in December 1995 to persuade her to appear on the cover of George magazine.
Patrick Jephson, Diana’s private secretary, told Hallemann the hourlong encounter was a business meeting, not an affair, and that Diana had already decided to decline while still wanting to meet Kennedy.
Diana later sent Kennedy a note saying, “Thank you so much, but not right now,” and again rejected his requests in February 1997, though she left open the possibility of a future cover.
The book says the two discussed paparazzi and public life, themes that resonated because Diana admired Jacqueline Kennedy’s handling of fame and Kennedy saw parallels in their media scrutiny.
Hallemann frames the meeting as a rare private crossover between two heavily mythologized figures whose lives were later cut short—Diana in 1997 and Kennedy in 1999.