Patrick is a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times and London Sunday Times bestselling author, based in Washington DC.
His byline has appeared in every major UK newspaper and international titles as varied as TIME magazine, Vanity Fair, People, The Spectator, Paris Match, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the National Catholic Reporter. He is a published authority on corporate and personal branding, addressing conference audiences worldwide as well as events at the US State Department, the American University and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. He also writes, presents and advises on factual and drama programs, appearing on every major US network as well as British and international platforms. PatricPatrick is a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times and London Sunday Times bestselling author, based in Washington DC.
His byline has appeared in every major UK newspaper and international titles as varied as TIME magazine, Vanity Fair, People, The Spectator, Paris Match, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the National Catholic Reporter. He is a published authority on corporate and personal branding, addressing conference audiences worldwide as well as events at the US State Department, the American University and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. He also writes, presents and advises on factual and drama programs, appearing on every major US network as well as British and international platforms. Patrick is a consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown.
Patrick owes much of his practical communications experience to Princess Diana, who chose him to be her equerry and only private secretary/chief of staff. He served the Princess for eight years (1988-96), responsible for every aspect of her public life, charitable initiatives, and private organization. He travelled with her to five continents, working with government officials up to head of state. Under relentless media scrutiny, his tenure covered the period of Princess Diana’s greatest popularity as well as the constitutional controversy of her separation from Prince Charles.
Patrick was born and raised in Ireland and holds a Masters degree in Political Science from Cambridge University. As an officer in the British Navy he served all over the world before being selected for royal duty. A naturalized US citizen based in Washington DC, he is founding partner in the specialist communications consultancy JephsonBeaman LLC (www.jephsonbeaman.com).
Born and raised in Ireland, Jephson studied a Masters degree in political science at Cambridge before becoming an officer in the Royal Navy.
After ten years of service, he was selected to join the Royal Household serving eight years as an equerry.
Jephson was private secretary to Princess Diana for more than seven years and travelled the world with her on Royal duties.
Part of his job involved writing speeches and public correspondence, as well as handling her relations with the media.
Jephson also witnessed the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Charles and was instrumental in handling it.
He has written two books about his time working with Princess Diana and is a TV writer and presenter now based in America.
Jephson is one of the people providing an interview in the controversial Channel 4 show Diana: In Her Own words....more