Overview
- The National Archives of Ireland released Department of Foreign Affairs file 2025/124/160 detailing communications around the then‑Prince of Wales’s June 1995 visit.
- Press secretary Sandy Henney told Irish officials that Princess Diana was "by far the more predatory and skilled" in handling the media.
- Irish official Joe Hayes recorded that Henney said Diana’s staff devoted significant time to finding ways to upstage St James’ Palace.
- Charles’s team, led by Alan Percival and later Henney, framed coverage of the Dublin trip as part of a long‑term strategy to rehabilitate his standing and called it his best outing in years.
- Officials in Britain and Ireland noted that UK reporting on the visit was positive yet relatively light compared with the extensive coverage in Ireland.