Patricia Riekel: This is how the editor-in-chief experienced her time at “Bunte”

You used to deal with the world of the famous and noble. Are you still interested today? Frederik of Denmark has an affair?
As before, I read all the magazines and will be a journalist until the day I die. At my funeral I’ll probably shout from the grave: “Is there anything new?!”

You became editor-in-chief at the end of 1996, when the “Bunte” was in the red. When did the breakthrough come?
That was in 1997. There were two big, tragic events back then: the murder of Gianni Versace and the death of Lady Di. After her car accident, we worked non-stop for several days to produce special editions and a book. That bonded us as a team and was the entrée.