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Loan forgiveness fair? up ahead, if merrick garland does indictment president trump, even if warranted, should he first consider whether it might ignite a civil war? it's a concern raised in a brand new editorial in the new york times i'm eager to ask senator patrick leahy about it. he's third in the presidential line of succession. plus, wednesday marks the 25th anniversary of when the world lost princess diana. her chief of staff and private secretary patrick jeffson is here to reflect. ♪ ♪ voltaren. the joy of movement. ♪ ♪ ♪

Royalty and celebrity are not the same thing. royalty to enjoy the privileges of the titles and the prestige of royalty, that has to be earned everyday. it's on loan from the british people. and i think it's the lack of evidence that the royal prestige is still being earned that causes the problem. >> patrick, finally, 25 years ago the royal family struggled in terms of how to deal with the passing of princess diana. is there a right way that this coming wednesday, both the queen and charles, should handle this situation, this anniversary? >> well, the monarchy as an institution doesn't really...

And love of country before everything. >> patrick, since her passing, and more recently we have learned she really was duped by martin ba here is, right, in that pan a ram ma interview. of what consequence was that? >> the direct consequence of martin basher's unethical interview she was cut off from the royal family and the support system that that represented. the interview led to direct intervention from the queen instructing both charles and diana to finalize their divorce and that meant that from then on diana was on her own. and that led, i think, through a series of interconnected incid...

World at that point exactly where the state of the marriage was. this wasn't unexpected. it was just waiting for sort of royal ad mission that things were really wrong here. >> but according to palace insiders, charles is not about to do that. they say the people on his team have other ideas. >> they set out to diminish diana in the public's eyes. this was an attempt to intimidate us, it was a bullying tactic. >> what diana's private secretary, patrick jeffson, calls a smear campaign that he says began in 1991. >> for diana's 30th birthday, charles wanted to throw a party and she saw it as a p...

Phenomenal. >> is it true that this photographer made more than $1 million? >> absolutely. probably made a million dollars in the first week i would have thought. >> the papers want more, and the photographers will do anything to get it. >> it was like the media outlets didn't count the money. they were splashing the money around. they just wanted the shot. >> the game is on, and there's no turning back. diana's former secretary, patrick jeffson, is watching from london and grows concerned. >> i got two very sharply contrasting pictures. one was of a woman who was, yes, free and liberated and ...