“Diana didn’t just go through the motions,” Rivett said. “If someone in class was doing it wrong, she’d gently correct them. She loved getting it right.”

But even the gym wasn’t always a private space. Paparazzi often waited outside to capture new photos of the Princess. To outwit them, Diana came up with a clever tactic: wearing the same navy sweatshirt to every workout so photographers had nothing new to sell.

That very sweatshirt was later gifted to Rivett by Diana’s family—and when it was auctioned in 2019, it fetched £40,000, which Rivett donated to a charitable cause she felt Diana would have supported.

Diana’s Final Days — A Scheduled Session That Never Happened

According to Rivett, Diana had scheduled personal training sessions for September 1997, shortly after returning from a holiday in St Tropez with Dodi Al-Fayed. She never made it back. The tragic car crash in Paris on August 31 cut her life short, leaving many with lingering questions—and shattered hearts.

“She was looking forward to that trip but also emotionally exhausted,” Rivett noted. “There were layers to her—joy, humor, but also pain.”

Looking Back With Respect

Jenni Rivett’s reflections offer a poignant reminder that even those in the public eye carry unseen burdens. Her quiet loyalty to Diana, both during her life and long after her death, helps preserve a legacy of compassion, resilience, and deep humanity.

And if there’s one thing she’s certain of? Diana would be heartbroken over the current divide between her sons, William and Harry.

“She loved them more than anything,” Rivett said. “It would devastate her to see them at odds.”