'Personal Frustration': How Princess Diana's Repeated Snubs Deeply Disappointed John F. Kennedy Jr.

Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy Jr. remain two of the late 20th century's most enduring symbols of public fascination and sudden tragedy.

While Diana lost her life in an unfortunate car crash in Paris in August 1997 at the age of 36, Kennedy Jr. passed away in an ill-fated plane crash at the age of 38 in July 1999.

The duo once clashed over a failed professional collaboration, which almost threatened to ruin their equation.

The friction between Diana and Kennedy Jr. has been mentioned in the upcoming book, The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made by Caroline Hallemann.

It explored the tense relationship between the British royal family and one of America’s most affluent, yet tragic families.

The extracts from the book suggest that Kennedy Jr. was enamored with the former Princess of Wales when she was at the pinnacle of her popularity and fame.

He believed that Diana would be the perfect muse to grace the cover page of his magazine, George, after its launch in 1995.

A publishing insider revealed to RadarOnline, “John saw Diana as the ultimate cultural figure of the era – somebody who transcended royalty and operated almost like a political celebrity in her own right. He was incredibly determined to land her for the magazine because he believed she represented exactly what George was trying to become."

However, Kennedy Jr.'s ambition soon turned into “personal frustration” when the late princess repeatedly turned down his offer.

The former lawyer believed that their professional collaboration would have been historic.

The source added, “There was disappointment bordering on disbelief when Diana kept turning him down. Some people around John felt her refusal became a personal frustration because he genuinely thought the partnership would have been historic for both of them."

His close friend and artist, Sasha Chermayeff, also explained why Kennedy Jr. was so fixated on getting Princess Diana as the muse for George.

She said, “He was trying to capture the intersection of political life and celebrity life in his magazine. Diana was a celebrity, a royal who had a defined role, but she also had a personal and political mission. She had ideas about how she wanted to help the world. She had her own feelings about her service, at least that's the perspective that I got from her."

Initially, Diana did consider the offer proposed by Kennedy Jr. Her former private secretary, Patrick Jephson, revealed that by the time she met Kennedy Jr. at New York’s Carlyle Hotel, she had changed her mind, much to the disappointment of the former.

According to the extracts of the book, “this particular conversation about the cover of George was over before it started.”

Reportedly, Diana wanted to collaborate with the magazine after it became a success.

Reports suggest that Diana told Kennedy Jr., “Well, you know, this is all very nice, John. Thank you. But I hope you'll forgive me if I don't take up the opportunity this time, but I would love to maybe for your fiftieth or your hundredth issue or something."

However, Kennedy Jr.’s wish of having an ambitious collaboration with the “People’s Princess” remained unfulfilled.