Patrick Jephson (66) worked closely for eight years Princess Diana († 36) together. Now the former private secretary is revealing new details about Diana’s troubled marriage King Charles (74). On the podcast The Scandal Mongers, Patrick says, according to Page Six, that Charles’ staff at the time deliberately spread lies about his ex-wife. “It wasn’t casual gossip, it was a systematic campaign. Yes, it was a long time ago “But the man they supported then is our king now and things like that shouldn’t be buried or conveniently brushed aside. They happened and theoretically could happen again,” Jephson said.
Diana’s close confidants are particularly disturbed by the stories that have been circulating about the princess’s mental health. “I probably knew Princess Diana better than almost anyone (…) and she was one of the most mentally healthy people I’ve ever met,” Patrick clarifies. According to him, given the pressure she was under and the busy life she led, Diana had the ability to remain calm even in the craziest of situations. “She might have seemed difficult at times to eyewitnesses, but she was always extremely sensitive, sensible and funny,” says Patrick. Diana simply would never have been accepted as the “fabulous addition” that she could have been to the royal family.