About the Author

Patrick Jephson was born and raised in Ireland. After studying Political Science at Cambridge, he served for ten years in the Royal Navy. Selected as equerry to the Princess of Wales in 1987, he later became her first – and only – private secretary. His resignation in 1996, after her Panorama interview, made headline news. Shadows of a Princess is his first book.

Reviews

“Never has so senior a servant of the Royal Family decided to reveal his secrets and rarely has one witnessed such turbulent times.”
The Times “Mr. Jephson was a witness to significant events in recent royal history, he is in a position to reveal the truth.”
Daily Express “There was nothing in her life Jephson didn’t know about.”
The Sunday Times