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

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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[@dancerballet4353]

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

[@pinguina2]

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

[@chiaracoffani8543]

How beautiful and graceful she was.

[@rekhashetty432]

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

[@caffeinatedlagi]

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

[@charlesswitzer8378]

She was such a beautiful and beguiling woman.

[@yourbestay]

We live for princess diana fancams!!

[@kismit100]

Get a grip

[@VirgoCatleesi]

Team Diana, always and forever! ❤

[@kismit100]

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

[@melgrant7404]

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

[@nancyb.9759]

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

[@royaltypr1]

fantastic footage

[@angelabaker1992]

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]

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

[@MaryKingsley-py4js]

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]

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]

@@tessdurberville711 That's YOUR opinion

[@pamelamls]

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

[@markkenny2001]

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

[@MaryKingsley-py4js]

@@markkenny2001

[@carolperdue7534]

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

[@mauiskater]

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

[@moezawmyint6834]

my princess 🥰🥰🥰

[@kismit100]

She’s not

[@Foundingmother1]

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.

[@rhythmicelegance4670]

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.🩰

[@monicabrondo4149]

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!❤....

[@nmnovb]

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.

[@levimazie2223]

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 .

[@melgrant7404]

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

[@tessdurberville711]

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]

@@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]

She was far to big

[@peterlawrence6815]

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]

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

[@user-kn9mt5tx9w]

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

[@alexsimpson79]

She was doing such a hard job ! 🤣

[@drdarrylschroeder5691]

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.

[@DelvingEye]

She looks sad, and now we know why.

[@tiffcat1100]

Sad but very beautiful here ❤

[@attitude-devant9530]

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...

[@nancyb.9759]

I noticed that as well- it was a shocker for me!!!

[@helenduboviebrown3847]

Yes I was surprised by that too!

[@cathyrussell2660]

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

[@user-gj7di7cv7c]

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[@martinkrukenberg4590]

here she knew her marriage is over

[@tessdurberville711]

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

[@xannecorinnex]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@melgrant7404]

@trent7686 agree real haters on here.

[@Isalovefood]

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

[@martydworkis12345]

Who were those ballerinas?

[@K_ballet]

Fun! Were any of those dancers well known later?

[@a_ikomusica4346]

This is Tetsuya Kumakawa.

[@nnnnnnnnnnn7292]

Diana looked so sad and lonely 😢.

[@melgrant7404]

She was.xx

[@Ettibridget]

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

[@karynesilva9176]

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]

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]

Where is there a ballerina as tall?

[@martinkrukenberg4590]

she looks hurt and vulnerable

[@kismit100]

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

[@blink997]

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

[@martinkrukenberg4590]

she seems sad

[@kismit100]

You again, desperate for attention

[@kismit100]

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

[@nnnnnnnnnnn7292]

​@@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]

No, just interested.

[@peterlawrence6815]

Diana did not look that interested

[@tiffcat1100]

I disagree

[@kismit100]

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

[@Myway165]

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]

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

[@tiffcat1100]

@@andaliloYou obvs haven’t been keeping up!

[@andalilo]

@@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]

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