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The year was 1985. Actor, John Travolta, famous for his ever-cool role as leader of the T-Birds, was on the dance floor when he saw her at the White House dinner hosted by then-President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan. Princess Diana was wearing a velvet gown, John, a tux. He took her by the hand and twirled her around in a moment neither would ever forget.
Speaking to
People, he says: I didn t think they d ask me to dance with her. I had the great privilege and honour of doing so, and I thought, There must be a reason for doing this, and I better give it my all.
In 1981, when the press had speculated about Diana possibly becoming a royal bride, the tabloids were running stories about it every day. Prince Philip wrote his then 32-year-old son a letter about how he shouldn t leave Diana hanging in the wind anymore and decide on what he wanted to do. He told his son to either release her or end up ‘pleasing his family and the country’ by proposing to her.
Diana, Princess Of Wales, with Prince Philip (Getty Images)
Should someone in Prince Philip s position have written that letter? Earl Mountbatten’s daughter, Patricia, also Prince Charles godmother commented on the letter then and had said, I take it you’ve seen the letter? It wasn’t a bullying letter at all. It was very reasonable. It was fair. It was sensible. On the other hand, Prince Charles had reportedly felt ‘ill-used and impotent’ when he read his father s words about marrying Diana, seeing it as an ultimatum.
Prince Philip will be interred in the Royal Vault in St George s Chapel.
Can anyone attend the funeral in the UK?
Palace officials said the ceremony would be conducted strictly in line with the British government s COVID-19 guidelines, which restrict the number of people attending funerals to 30.
They declined to say whether the royal family would be required to wear masks.
The palace appealed to the public not to gather in Windsor, and for those who wished to pay their respects to Philips to stay at home instead.
Prince Philip at the Trooping the Colour, the Queen s annual birthday parade on Horse Guards Parade in London in 2010. (AP)