In December 1995, the world's two most famous people met in secret at New York City's Carlyle Hotel.John F.Kennedy Jr.
hoped to persuade Princess Diana to grace the cover of his magazine, "George." The Princess of Wales, for her part, wanted to meet the man who had managed the impossible: living under an unforgiving media spotlight without being consumed by it.Caroline Hallemann wrote about the encounter in her book, "The Kennedys & the Windsors," which explores the two dynasties and how their paths crossed over the years.PRINCESS DIANA, HOT DOGS AND A PRESIDENTIAL MATCHMAKING ATTEMPT: ICONIC ROYAL VISITS TO AMERICAIn December 1995, Princess Diana and John F.Kennedy Jr.
held a private meeting at New York City's Carlyle Hotel.(Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images; Barry King/WireImage/Getty Images)"It was this clandestine meeting, and they were able to keep it a secret," Hallemann told Fox News Digital.
"They were both hounded by paparazzi throughout their lives.That's something they had to deal with, but they were able to maintain privacy around this moment.""I spoke with Patrick Jephson, who was Princess Diana's private secretary at the time, and I spoke with Rosemarie Terenzio, who was JFK Jr.'s executive assistant at ‘George’ magazine, to hear about what happened in this meeting," she shared.
"Patrick was actually in the room when they met."John F.Kennedy Jr.
was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of "George" magazine, which launched in September 1995.(Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)Hallemann wrote that while Kennedy was "excited" to meet the royal, he was also "annoyed about everybody hinting that this would be a marriage made in heaven if they could be together."WATCH: JKF JR.'S SECRET MEETING WITH PRINCESS DIANA REVEALEDAt the time, Kennedy was considered the world's most eligible bachelor.
But for Diana, who had officially divorced then-Prince Charles, the meeting was purely professional."Patrick shared that this was re...