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Erin Napieris sharing howPrincess Diana’s former private secretary ended up in her shop in the “little tiny” city of Laurel, Mississippi.
TheHome Townhost posted the story on her Instagram Thursday afterPatrick Jephsonand his wife Mary Jo showed up atLaurel Mercantile, the store belonging to Erin and her husband and co-star, Ben.
Erin, 37, said she didn’t know Jephson’s name “until he walked into our store,” and explained her good friend andHome TownregularMallorie Rasberry"called me to tell me to run to the wood shop" once she learned who the visitors were.
As a result, Erin says, she got to meet “two people so closely involved with events from world history.” Jephson wasDiana’s private secretaryfor eight years. Mary Jo also had a high-profile career, having worked at the White House forpresidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
“They have seen the entire world, and still chose to visit little tiny Laurel today,” Erin wrote.
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In the Instagram post, Napier told her 1.4 million followers how importantDianawas to her.
“And the night Diana died was my 12th birthday. It was the first death of someone I felt I somehow knew, though we’d of course never met. I told him this story with tears in my eyes and then I laughed at how ridiculous I felt and he told me, ‘Diana always wanted a daughter!'”
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An investigation into the 1995 interview foundBashir had used fake financial documents relating to Jephson and another staffer. The journalist showed these to Diana’s brother Charles, 9th Earl Spencer, in order to gain access to the princess for the interview.
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Diana’s interview with Bashir generated global headlines after she admitted that both she andPrince Charleshad been unfaithful during their marriage. She also revealed that she had suffered from bulimia and self-harm during her relationship with the Prince of Wales.
This swiftly led to an order fromQueen Elizabeththat Charles and Diana should divorce (they had separated in 1992). Tragically, Diana died just one year after the official divorce, following a car crash in Paris in August 1997.
source: people.com
