Amateur Ballerina Princess Diana Visits the Royal Ballet School (1987)

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  • čas přidán 3. 05. 2024
  • On 8 October 1987, Diana, Princess of Wales visited the Royal Ballet School in London. The Princess, who remained a keen dancer throughout her life despite her dreams of becoming a ballerina having been ended her height, evidently enjoyed watching students as they pliéd and pirouetted around the studio.
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Komentáře • 100

  • @dancerballet4353
    @dancerballet4353 Před měsícem +34

    I can see in her face that she would like to dance instead of sitting and watching. Seriously I know this feeling.

    • @pinguina2
      @pinguina2 Před 21 dnem

      Me when I used to watch my cousin do rhythmic gymnastics..

  • @chiaracoffani8543
    @chiaracoffani8543 Před měsícem +36

    How beautiful and graceful she was.

  • @rekhashetty432
    @rekhashetty432 Před měsícem +22

    So interested, dignified, sitting in the first available chair and not disturbing the dancers.🎉

  • @caffeinatedlagi
    @caffeinatedlagi Před měsícem +14

    The way she squeaked when her foot was stuck in between chair legs 😅 the most adorable princess ❤😊

  • @charlesswitzer8378
    @charlesswitzer8378 Před měsícem +13

    She was such a beautiful and beguiling woman.

  • @MaryKingsley-py4js
    @MaryKingsley-py4js Před měsícem +40

    She is wonderful - irreplacable - and we the people did not take care of her or value her enough while she was with us. We let the press tear her apart. Shameful!

    • @tessdurberville711
      @tessdurberville711 Před měsícem +6

      She was self-destructive. She died in the company of someone she should not have given the time of day to. That speaks volumes about who she truly was, and the mask she wore.

    • @MaryKingsley-py4js
      @MaryKingsley-py4js Před měsícem +7

      @@tessdurberville711 That's YOUR opinion

    • @pamelamls
      @pamelamls Před měsícem +2

      She should not have been in the company of Dodi Al Fayed.

    • @markkenny2001
      @markkenny2001 Před měsícem +2

      ​​@@MaryKingsley-py4jsI know the old saying "You don't realise what you have till it's gone".

    • @MaryKingsley-py4js
      @MaryKingsley-py4js Před měsícem +2

      @@markkenny2001

  • @yourbestay
    @yourbestay Před měsícem +15

    We live for princess diana fancams!!

    • @kismit100
      @kismit100 Před měsícem +1

      Get a grip

    • @VirgoCatleesi
      @VirgoCatleesi Před měsícem +1

      Team Diana, always and forever! ❤

    • @kismit100
      @kismit100 Před měsícem

      You need to get out more, concentrate on your own life more than that of a dead person

    • @melgrant7404
      @melgrant7404 Před měsícem

      @@kismit100 she will always be an important part of royal history.

    • @nancyb.9759
      @nancyb.9759 Před měsícem

      One can learn so much from those who came before us.

  • @royaltypr1
    @royaltypr1 Před měsícem +15

    fantastic footage

  • @angelabaker1992
    @angelabaker1992 Před měsícem +18

    Some famous faces there from the teaching staff who are no longer with us sadly, Darcey Bussell and Viviana Durante would be going through the school back then and I spotted a few ex Royal Ballet stars being taught as pupils in that footage. Diana was like a little child around ballet dancers. She had this fantasy in her head that she wanted to be one.

    • @kathymyers7279
      @kathymyers7279 Před měsícem

      She studied as a girl but was told she was too tall. I’m SURE her “fantasy” was processed by then.

  • @carolperdue7534
    @carolperdue7534 Před měsícem +3

    Who would have thought she would be gone 10 years later? 😢😥

  • @mauiskater
    @mauiskater Před 25 dny +2

    She grew too tall for ballet. She always said that made her sad. She always wanted to be a ballerina but you can’t be too tall or you can’t find partners. She was 5’11” and gorgeous. Miss her all the time

  • @rhythmicelegance4670
    @rhythmicelegance4670 Před měsícem +16

    In a way, it must have been difficult for her to watch instead of participate, or at least have fulfilled her potential as a dancer before moving on from ballet. It might have felt like unfinished business to her. Such a pity for her to not have had adult ballet opportunities like there are now. Dance seems to have meant a lot to her.🩰

    • @Wonder_Woman_Of_Pole
      @Wonder_Woman_Of_Pole Před dnem

      She did dance in public once and if The Crown account of it is accurate Charles put her down for it instead of being proud of her.

  • @Foundingmother1
    @Foundingmother1 Před měsícem +4

    I agree, she was a very positive representative of these f being British. So out of respect I wish everyone would stop berating Harry and let him live his life.

  • @moezawmyint6834
    @moezawmyint6834 Před měsícem +4

    my princess 🥰🥰🥰

  • @nmnovb
    @nmnovb Před 26 dny

    What a wonderful person, Princess Diana! It is not possible not to smile and feel happy seeing her sincerely kind face, though not for those French reporters who led her to her death by pursuing her and preferred her as their dead prey rather than respecting her privacy and letting her live freely and happily and illuminating the world with her beauty and sincerity and kindness.

  • @melgrant7404
    @melgrant7404 Před měsícem +15

    She wanted to be a dancer but was too tall she said.

    • @tessdurberville711
      @tessdurberville711 Před měsícem +1

      Every little girl wants to be a ballerina, a mommy, a princess. She realized two out of three of those. What a shame that she could not be content.

    • @zzzbbbooo
      @zzzbbbooo Před měsícem +5

      @@tessdurberville711 With a husband who treated her like he did and expected her to behave in front of the world as if nothing was wrong? You must be kidding.

    • @peterlawrence6815
      @peterlawrence6815 Před měsícem

      She was far to big

    • @peterlawrence6815
      @peterlawrence6815 Před měsícem

      She could diet till she was blue in the face but it would not have shrunk her bones or height she never was small and petite even as a child she was no promising ballerina

    • @melgrant7404
      @melgrant7404 Před měsícem +1

      @peterlawrence6815 apart from that she was fine ?what a hater.

  • @levimazie2223
    @levimazie2223 Před 23 dny

    I HAVE A DRAWING I DID OF DIANA BEFORE SHE MARRIED CHARLES ..I CAPTURED HER BEAUTY . I LOVE BALLET I STARTED LATE IN MY 30S I STILL DANCE I JUST LOVE IT .

  • @user-kn9mt5tx9w
    @user-kn9mt5tx9w Před 21 dnem

    Мы в России помним и любим Диану!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @monicabrondo4149
    @monicabrondo4149 Před měsícem +7

    La Princesa Diana a demás de pianista era una excelente bailarina clásica...!...No pudo aprobar la audición en el Royal Ballet por su elevada altura.....Pero que Prima Ballerina hubiera sido!!...Una persona tan preparada,el Mundo no la olvida!❤....

  • @DelvingEye
    @DelvingEye Před měsícem +5

    She looks sad, and now we know why.

  • @alexsimpson79
    @alexsimpson79 Před měsícem

    She was doing such a hard job ! 🤣

  • @drdarrylschroeder5691
    @drdarrylschroeder5691 Před 23 dny

    Princess Diana was a dancer in a former lifetime. She studied ballet in her life as Princess, but she was too tall to pursue that further.

  • @attitude-devant9530
    @attitude-devant9530 Před měsícem +8

    She seems to quite ignore Dame Ninette de Valois and Sir Anthony Dowell... Didn't she know who they were? P.S. I thought royalty never crossed their legs...

  • @cathyrussell2660
    @cathyrussell2660 Před 24 dny

    Diana crossed her legs. Thought this wasn’t allowed.

  • @K_ballet
    @K_ballet Před měsícem +1

    Fun! Were any of those dancers well known later?

  • @user-gj7di7cv7c
    @user-gj7di7cv7c Před 25 dny +1

    18 of May, of 2024 Year, TODAY ❤️❤❤️ ! I Like of this REALLY INTERESTING for Me the MEETING With Diana ❤❤️❤ ! THANKS You Greatly for Your Accompaniment on Piano == на Рояле ❤️❤❤️ on this Your LeSSon of Choreography ❤❤️❤ ! ... 😊😊😊, Teacher SvetLana Here and Now, 18 of May , -- 2024 Year ❤❤️❤ ! ... And IT'S From StJEPan(-а-) hauser == 🤡 : ❤️❤❤️ ! Teacher SvetLana : 😊😊😊 ! ...

  • @Isalovefood
    @Isalovefood Před 24 dny

    You can tell the guy at the time 2:25 seconds was very nervous 😊

  • @martinkrukenberg4590
    @martinkrukenberg4590 Před měsícem +9

    here she knew her marriage is over

    • @tessdurberville711
      @tessdurberville711 Před měsícem +2

      Her marriage should have been annulled the day that she threw herself down the stairs while expecting Prince William.

    • @xannecorinnex
      @xannecorinnex Před měsícem

      @@tessdurberville711if her marriage has been annulled by that point, Prince William would’ve been a bastard… they would still need to be legally married until he was born. Also there would have been no Prince Harry.

    • @trent7686
      @trent7686 Před měsícem +8

      @@tessdurberville711 Then I never wish you to be so desperate to do that. Show compassion, she was young and was suffering a lot I don’t think she had in mind to hurt the baby it was just a cry for help.

    • @zzzbbbooo
      @zzzbbbooo Před měsícem +1

      @@tessdurberville711 You're a nasty piece of work, aren't you? If you dislike Diana that much, what are you doing here?

    • @melgrant7404
      @melgrant7404 Před měsícem

      @trent7686 agree real haters on here.

  • @nnnnnnnnnnn7292
    @nnnnnnnnnnn7292 Před měsícem

    Diana looked so sad and lonely 😢.

  • @martydworkis12345
    @martydworkis12345 Před měsícem

    Who were those ballerinas?

  • @Ettibridget
    @Ettibridget Před měsícem +2

    Diana was 1,78 tall - too tall for a ballerina. Anybody knows what the limit is?

    • @karynesilva9176
      @karynesilva9176 Před měsícem +3

      I think less than 1,7 because when ballerinas are in top of their toes they increase about 8 centimeters, while their partners are in flat shoes most of the time. In this case it would be necessary to find a 1,80 partner. wich may be hard

    • @nnnnnnnnnnn7292
      @nnnnnnnnnnn7292 Před měsícem +4

      Today's ballerinas are very tall.
      There are a few of the same height as Diana was.
      But those days most ballerinas were rather tiny.

    • @nancyb.9759
      @nancyb.9759 Před měsícem

      Where is there a ballerina as tall?

    • @Wonder_Woman_Of_Pole
      @Wonder_Woman_Of_Pole Před dnem +1

      @@nancyb.9759I went to see Swan Lake by the Ukrainian Ballet. Very tall dancers. Times have changed.

  • @martinkrukenberg4590
    @martinkrukenberg4590 Před měsícem +11

    she looks hurt and vulnerable

    • @kismit100
      @kismit100 Před měsícem

      She looks happy and full of joy don’t be so bloody annoying and pull yourself together. Pathetic woman

  • @blink997
    @blink997 Před měsícem +4

    What’s so amazing, she walks around talking to people - so what

  • @martinkrukenberg4590
    @martinkrukenberg4590 Před měsícem +11

    she seems sad

    • @kismit100
      @kismit100 Před měsícem +2

      You again, desperate for attention

    • @kismit100
      @kismit100 Před měsícem

      You see a happy smiling princess and all you can say is nonsense PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER

    • @nnnnnnnnnnn7292
      @nnnnnnnnnnn7292 Před měsícem +2

      ​@@kismit100 Diana looks very sad indeed. It is very obvious.
      It is also sad that some can't empathise and understand what other people feel.

    • @smithface8791
      @smithface8791 Před měsícem

      No, just interested.

  • @kismit100
    @kismit100 Před měsícem +11

    Diana would be horrified by her second son’s behaviour not to mention the wife he chose

    • @Myway165
      @Myway165 Před měsícem +7

      She would be more horrified but what ignorant people like you are saying about him. You should be ashamed of yourself and your judgements on others.

    • @andalilo
      @andalilo Před měsícem

      No, she is proud of Harry to be so in love. Merkle is another story.

    • @tiffcat1100
      @tiffcat1100 Před 19 dny

      @@andaliloYou obvs haven’t been keeping up!

    • @andalilo
      @andalilo Před 19 dny

      @@tiffcat1100 perhaps we are talking about two different things. Being in love is being in love, and there is no denying Harry is head over heels, to the point of poor judgement. Agreed. My point is that Diana would not care about that and would just be happy for him to be in love. Will he wake up one day? Most likely. We all do. But will he regret feeling in love. I don’t think so.

    • @tiffcat1100
      @tiffcat1100 Před 19 dny

      @@andalilo Lust (initially, a long time ago), yes, fear, yes, controlled, yes, love no.

  • @peterlawrence6815
    @peterlawrence6815 Před měsícem +1

    Diana did not look that interested

    • @tiffcat1100
      @tiffcat1100 Před 19 dny

      I disagree

    • @Wonder_Woman_Of_Pole
      @Wonder_Woman_Of_Pole Před dnem +1

      You are always trying to get attention for your uninteresting comments. Sorry your wife left you and we know why - you are stupidly insufferable.