WAYNE SLEEP
SHARING MEMORIES OF A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE ON THE FRIENDSHIP THAT BLOSSOMED AFTER HIS SECRET DANCE WITH DIANA
ADDITIONAL REPORTING: TRACY SCHAVERIEN.
Wayne with Princess Diana on stage at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden in 1985 (above and right) and chatting to the royal at the Savoy Theatre eight years later (left), when they had become good friends. The ballet star today (below left)
PHOTOS:
J BLACK/CAMERA
PRESS. REX FEATURES.
SOLO SYNDICATION
‘The audience gasped; they were frozen. It took a while for them to actually believe it was really her’
She adored dancing and, if she had lived to celebrate her 60th birthday, Diana, Princess of Wales would still be indulging that passion, her friend Wayne Sleep believes.