Charlie Kirk's Protégée is Comparing Kirk's Death to Princess Diana's

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist known for his right-wing organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot seven months ago. His protégée, Isabel Brown, recently opened up about how she's still mourning his death.

Brown, who called Kirk her mentor, is an author and social media influencer, as well as a spokesperson for Turning Point. The 28-year-old was on the April 27 episode of the Stay True podcast, where she compared the societal mourning of Kirk to the death of Princess Diana in 1997.

"There's this personal aspect to it that, of course, takes years and years and years to get through, and that's just grief when you lose anyone in your life, but especially in such a traumatic way," Brown said. "Then, there's this extra societal redefining layer of grief that I think we last, honestly, experienced in culture probably with the death ofPrincess Diana."

Brown continued, saying that she hasn't seen such large prayer vigils since Diana died in a car accident in Paris.

"We were toddlers when that happened, so our generation certainly has no level of experience with this," Brown said.

Kirk is survived by his wife, Erika, who has spent the year on her Make Heaven Crowded Tour. Before the tour began, she addressed criticism over her grieving process.

"They say time heals," Erika said. "But love doesn't ask to be healed. Love asks to be remembered. It's humbling to realize that this magnitude of suffering didn't steal my love for my husband. It amplified it. It crystallized it."

Brown said on the podcast that there's been "a difficult level of processing" Kirk's assassination.

"Those of us who worked for him for so many years and who knew him personally all talk about it all the time that we have to kind of process in two layers right now," Brown continued. "You're mourning the loss of this amazing person who meant so much to you intimately, someone who you owe your career to, someone who you owe your family to. I can't tell you how many hundreds or thousands of families like mine met at a TPUSA conference and worked for Charlie, and we all have children now."

The full episode of the Stay True podcast with Brown is available to watch on YouTube.

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This story was originally published April 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM.