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Notable British Visitors: Princess Diana Dancing
- Photographer
- Pete Souza
- Date of Work
- November 9, 1985
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library/NARA
Notable British Visitors: Princess Diana Dancing
The Marine Band provides after-dinner music for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Nancy Reagan encouraged actor John Travolta to dance with Princess Diana to music from Saturday Night Fever, November 9, 1985.
In this photograph, Princess Diana is dancing with actor John Travolta in the Entrance Hall at the State Dinner on November 9, 1985. In the background, President Ronald Reagan is also dancing and First Lady Nancy Reagan is talking with Prince Charles. Pete Souza took this photograph on November 9, 1985.
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