Carolyn Bessette Kennedy fever has taken its grip on the United States once again after Ryan Murphy’s Love Story premiered in February. But in the late ‘90s, paparazzi magnet John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife experienced some of the same issues as Princess Diana, who died in a 1997 car crash after being chased by photographers.
In a resurfaced cover story from 2017, JFK Jr.’s former assistant, RoseMarie Terenzio, told People that Diana’s death deeply impacted Carolyn. Bessette Kennedy struggled with the incessant press attention surrounding her relationship, and Terenzio said that watching the narrative around Diana’s car chase left Carolyn “rattled.”
