Sarah Le Marquand

Because it is a real privilege as a journalist if someone is sharing these stories with you.

Practically, how do you find the time to respond to everyone?

And yeah, how much of people's emotions do you take on?

In addition to your work on the Sunday Column, of course, you are an award-winning feature writer and interviewer.

You've interviewed multiple public figures, state premiers, a lot of celebrities.

You've interviewed people in the middle of massive news stories and have gone through unfathomable things.

I'd love to ask you about some of the interviews that have stood out for you over the years.

What an experience and you must have been particularly devastated then when he passed away and everyone felt it.

But for you that had that personal connection must have felt all the more acute.

Well, just because I knew that we'd lost a good one.

You know, speaking of losing a good one, Fran, I have to ask you about this.

Apparently, you are, I'm going to quote you here, 99.9% sure.

I had coffee with John Kennedy Jr.

in Paris.

I'm a lifelong devotee of JFK Jr.

and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, who've suddenly been back in the zeitgeist, as you and I know, this year with

their real life tragic love story being documented in the series Love Story.

So you've got to tell me everything there.

I imagine your friend was going, what?

Did you exchange first names?