Veronica De Gruyter Beracasa de Uribe Hearst invited Diana, Princess of Wales in January 1995 for lunch at her Fifth Avenue apartment. The lunch was attended by her husband Randolph Apperson Hearst, Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld, photographer Patrick Demarchelier as well as Princess’s friend Lucia Flecha de Lima who was the wife of Brazilian ambassador to United States, and Patti Hearst who was Veronica’s famous hostage step daughter.
Her marriage to Randolph made her a great player in society, attending many dinners. His husband was not a social type before, so he liked the fact that his marriage to her expanded his horizons. A year before inviting Diana to lunch i.e. 1994, the Hearsts were invited at a dinner for Emperor and Empress of Japan, at white house by President Clinton. Opray Winfrey, CBS chairman Laurence Tisch, Barbra Streisand, Peter Jennings, Cabinet members, former Washington publisher Kay Graham were among the guests.
Unfortunately, at the last minute Veronica’s husband Randolph could not attend this dinner as his elder daughter Catherine fell ill and doctors thought it could be fatal, although it wasn’t. Hence, he flied to Los Angeles whereas Veronica Hearst alone attended the dinner. Although this created hatred for her among the Hearst family but she did not care what they thought or felt about her except her husband Randolph. Moreover, she changed his life style so much that a stretch Mercedes was order, though due to its size being un appropriate with the size of garage, had to be returned and applied to Waspy member’s beach club: South Hampton Beach Corporation.
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