When Princess Diana danced with John Travolta more than thirty years ago, one of her dreams came true.
Be the first to watch the upcoming PBS special”In their own words: Diana, Princess of Wales,” The 67-year-old Travolta revealed how he formed his famous dance with the late royal at the White House dinner hosted by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.
According to the actor, he participated in the event “with a very humble attitude” because he felt that he was “an extra person in a room with very important people”.
However, later that night, former first lady Nancy Reagan made Princess Diana’s special request to Travolta.
“At about 10 o’clock in the evening, Nancy Reagan patted me on the shoulder and said,’Princess, her fantasy is to dance with you. Do you want to dance with her tonight?'” he shared. “I said,’Of course you can.'”
When the clock was close to midnight, the first lady escorted him to meet Princess Diana so that he could invite her to dance. Travolta admitted that when he approached the royal family, he was so nervous that his heart started beating wildly.
“I patted her on the shoulder, she turned around and looked at me, she had that shy expression [of her chin] She did it, she looked up at me and I said,’Would you like to dance with me? ‘” he recalled.
“The whole room was emptied. We danced for 15 minutes,” Travolta continued. “This is a storybook moment. We bow when it’s over, you know, she’s gone, I’m gone, and my carriage turned into a pumpkin.”
Princess Diana’s astrologer, Debbie Frank, said that the late royal family “liked to dance and she brought pure joy to others.”
At the same time, royal historian Kate Williams said that Princess Diana had become a global sensation before and after the dinner.
“When Diana went to the United States in 1985, it consolidated her position on the world stage. She is no longer this young, innocent girl. She is a huge celebrity, the most famous woman in the world. Di-mania Britain spread throughout the world. The world, and then it occupied the world,” Williams quoted people As said.
This is not the only time Princess Diana has revealed her love for dance. In December 1985, when she was attending an evening show with Prince Charles, she left her seat in the royal box and danced with Wayne Sleep to Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl”.
Princess Diana’s performance in the event is “top secret”, sleep revealed protector.
At the same time, Tina Brown, one of Princess Diana’s biographers, said that Prince Charles was very cool and detached after the show. “It is embarrassing that he was not intoxicated by the spectacle of his wife en pointe. When it leaked, his disappointing response was interpreted as a cold disapproval of Diana’s royal ritual mistakes,” she was quoted Vanity Fair As said.
“In their own words: Diana, Princess of Wales” premiered on PBS on Sunday at 8pm Eastern Time.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana attended the Centennial Celebration of the Royal Academy of Music at Westminster Abbey in London on February 28, 1982.
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