Princess Diana: ‘Queen of Hearts’ came from novel says expert

The business tycoon told CNBC about the first time he met the Princess of Wales and described how her confession about a famous politician she found attractive surprised other guests. During the interview, he said his first meeting with the royal at a party was “a total disaster”.

Mr Buffett said: “I was in a room alone one time with Princess Di at a party.

“Somehow we found ourselves in this library and I — in 15 minutes, I don’t think I could take it.

“I had trouble remembering my name, I couldn’t — I couldn’t think of anything to say, and it was a total disaster.”

In their second and last encounter before she tragically passed away, the pair had attended Washington Post publisher Kay Graham’s party.

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Both guests were sat across from each other at the dinner table with American businessmen Barry Diller and Teddy Forstmann sitting at either side of the Princess.

Mr Buffett recalled being contacted by media outlets weeks later to ask him what Diana spoke about during the evening ahead of her death.

He added: “I didn’t tell them, but I will tell you today that a comment she made, which was absolutely true, and I can see Barry and Teddy’s faces as she said it.

“She had been at the White House that day and she said that Bill Clinton was the sexiest man alive.”

Mr Buffett added he did not ask her “who the least sexy guy in the world alive was” as he feared he could “get my play in there.”

He added: “But Barry and Teddy, they tried to keep their faces steady as she made that proclamation.

“But that’s the last thing I heard from her before she died.”

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Princess Diana’s death came as a shock to royal fans who deemed her approach to royal duties the perfect balance between protocol and her personal touch.

The 36-year-old died of injuries sustained in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris.

Diana pursued various humanitarian causes during her time as a royal and remained the patron of six charities until her death on August 31, 1997.

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