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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Princess Diana "Felt She Would Be Freer" Living in America, But Didn't Make the Move for One Reason

Princess Diana wearing a blazer and baseball hat .

Richard Kay was one of Princess Diana's closest friends at the end of her young life, and the journalist recently appeared on the Daily Mail's "Royal Confidential" show to answer questions about the late royal. Addressing everything from what she would've thought about Meghan Markle to what Diana was like in private, Kay opened up about his friendship with the princess—and he shared why she didn't move to America, despite having dreams of relocating.

Kay, who has worked for the Daily Mail since 1980, said Diana "loved" America and hoped to live there eventually. "She talked about it right at the very end of her life to me, about settling for a time in the U.S," he said during the episode.

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