British dancer Wayne Sleep OBE appeared on Loose Women on Monday, July 3 to discuss his dancing career and upcoming birthday and during his interview on the ITV1 programme he recalled a personal letter Princess Diana had written to him following their iconic surprise performance in 1985 at the Royal Opera House.
After giving his thoughts on whether the late Princess of Wales would have enjoyed the Netflix series The Crown, the 74-year-old, whose birthday it is later this month, relayed the story behind the letter and her sentiment. He told the panellists - Christine Lampard, Linda Robson, Denise Welch and Brenda Edwards: "On the night we performed at Covent Garden, she sent me a letter and said I can't sleep until I send you a message to say thanks. But what she said at the end was 'Now I understand the buzz you get from performing live to an audience of 3,000'.
"And I realised that, even though she'd done her exams and ballet lessons, she'd never performed it. And she got her moment. And we beat the media, they never found out [before it happened]. Else we wouldn't have been able to do it at all!" For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
