![]() She had played all her moves to Charles up in the royal box. Prince Charles watching from the royal box in The Crown (Netflix)Īpparently so! In her biography The Diana Chronicles, Tina Brown writes: "Diana received a standing ovation and eight curtain calls – except from her husband. I remember thinking, 'Don’t drop the future Queen of England.' She loved it, but was most thrilled we’d kept it secret from Charles, and our rehearsals away from the paparazzi. At one point, I pirouetted and she pushed me down then I carried her across the stage. The routine had a bit of everything: jazz, ballet, even a kickline. Sleep recalled: "The audience gasped when Diana appeared, as if they’d all taken one huge breath. Two numbers later, she emerged in costume. On the night, Diana made her excuses and slipped out of the royal box. She’d already decided on the music: Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl." But I soon realised she had a good sense of humour, and that we could have some fun with our height difference. ![]() My first thought was, she’s too tall to dance with me, I’ll be a laughing stock: I’m 5ft 2in and she’s 5ft 11in. We met in a rehearsal studio in west London. Years later, Sleep wrote in The Guardian: "Charles was going to be in the audience and she wanted to surprise him it was all top secret. ![]() She had approached Sleep herself to arrange the stunt. For weeks, Diana had been rehearsing in secret with Wayne Sleep, a physically short and immensely talented member of the Royal Ballet. Princess Diana dancing to Uptown Girl in The Crown (Netflix)Ĭertainly not Prince Charles.
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