Princess Di Wanted to be U.S. First Lady

Princess Diana had a secret plan to marry an American billionairre and become First Lady, claims the author of a gossip book.

In his new blockbuster book, “The Way We Were,” Paul Burrell says that Princess Diana had ambitions to become the first lady of the United States.

“She knew a billionaire in America, and she suggested to him that if they were together. â€¦ His yearning to run in politics could lead to the White House, that one day she could be the first lady and she’d visit Britain on a state visit,” Diana’s former butler and confidant said to “Good Morning America’s” Kate Snow in an exclusive interview.

Burrell said that in the mid-1990s Diana had dreamed of following in the footsteps of stylish first ladies.

“She’s been a huge fan of Jackie Onassis for years, and a huge admirer, too, of Nancy Reagan and Hillary Clinton. But Jackie Onassis had the edge. And she fantasized about redecorating the White House,” Burrell said.

“It wasn’t a fantasy. It could have been a reality. It really could. They would have been a golden couple.”

I can’t think of any billionaires, aside from maybe Bill Gates, who could even conceivably get elected president. Still, the idea amuses me. That a woman with nothing more than above average looks and charm could have sequentially been next in line to being Queen of England and then the First Lady of the United States would have been interesting, indeed.

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Princess Di Wanted to be U.S. First Lady

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