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Unseen pictures of 24-year-old Diana at White House gala show princess looking nervous in front of stars
- Photographs of Princess Diana in Washington D.C. in September 1985
- Diana, then 24, looks unsure of herself in images taken by Pete Souza
- Dances with Clint Eastwood,�Tom Selleck and President Ronald Reagan
By�PAUL BENTLEY�and�MARK DUELL
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She famously danced with John Travolta and captivated the world.
But previously unseen photographs show Princess Diana also taking to the floor with Tom Selleck and Clint Eastwood on that glittering night at the White House in September 1985.
Diana, 24, looks unsure of herself, but would emerge as a global fashion icon thanks to her Victor Edelstein gown which sold in March for £240,000.
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Unseen: The pictures have emerged as part of a Channel 4 documentary about the Princess. Diana is seen here taking to the floor with Clint Eastwood (right), while Prince Charles dances with another woman (far left)
Uncomfortable: Princess Diana danced with Magnum, P.I actor Tom Selleck at the White House in Washington D.C. in September 1985. The 24-year-old looked awkward as she was photographed
The pictures by White House photographer Pete Souza have emerged as part of a Channel 4 documentary about Diana’s dresses.
In one shot, she clutches Selleck’s shoulder with her left hand while gently holding his hand with the other.
Selleck, best known for playing Magnum, P.I. in the hit TV series and Monica Geller’s older lover in Friends, cannot contain his joy, beaming while sharing the moment with Diana.
The extraordinary photographs are now seen as a defining moment when the public started to focus more on Diana than on Prince Charles.
Royalty meets world leader: President Reagan dances with Diana at a White House dinner in September 1985
The dinner attended by Diana and Charles was part of a trip to the U.S. - and also saw President Ronald Reagan forget the Princess of Wales's name in an after-dinner speech.
He said: 'Permit me to add our congratulations to Prince Charles on his birthday just five days away and express also our great happiness that... er... Princess David - Princess Diane (sic) - here on her first trip to the United States.'
The dance with Saturday Night Fever star Travolta in her midnight blue velvet outfit - which became known as the 'Travolta dress' - captivated the U.S. and helped to increase Diana's global profile.
But when people kept asking Charles after the event about Diana’s dance with Travolta, he famously replied: ‘I am not a glove puppet’.
Stars: Diana dances with John Travolta at the White House in 1985. President Reagan can be seen left
Glamorous: Diana dances with Travolta. She would emerge as a global fashion icon thanks to her Victor Edelstein gown which sold in March for £240,000
Charles and Diana separated in 1992 before officially divorcing in 1996. Almost a decade later in 2005 he married his former mistress Camilla Parker-Bowles.
The hour-long documentary - entitled Princess Diana's Dresses: The Auction - focuses in depth on 10 of her dresses sold at auction in March.
But it also takes a look at the other signature styles of the 'People's Princess', who died in a car crash in Paris in August 1997.
The programme features archive footage and never-seen interviews to explain her fashion decisions, influences and motivations.
It also boasts commentary from some of her closest friends and stylists, including Virginia Clarke, with whom she lived during her engagement to Prince Charles.
The pictures Hitler wanted nobody to see: Nazi leader demanded the destruction of negatives that made him look half-crazed as he rehearsed for a speech... but the brave man who took them ignored his wishes
- Photographs of Hitler show the dictator rehearsing his orating techniques for the camera
- The photographs, taken by Henrich Hoffman in 1925, were previously kept in private collections
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Photographs that Adolph Hitler wanted destroyed show the half-crazed Fuhrer rehearsing his persuasive hate filled speeches.
Published in photographer Heinrich Hoffman's memoir, the behind the scenes photos show the dictator rehearsing emphatic gestures while listening to recordings of his speeches.
Hoffman willfully ignored Hitler's wishes and the photographs managed to survive through the years in various different archives.
Newly released photographs taken in 1925 by photographer Heinrich Hoffman show Adolph Hilter rehearsing his speeches
The photographs, which were reportedly taken in 1925 according The Huffington Post, were taken at Hitler's request.
The future dictator wanted to see himself in action so that he could refine his orating technique.
The pictures show Hitler wildly gesticulating and pointing toward imagined crowds.
Hitler gesticulates towards an imaginary crowd while listening to a playback recording of his own speech
Hitler emphatically gesticulates while rehearsing a public speech. He would late become known for his strong oratory skills
After Hitler reviewed the photos, taken in 1925, he asked Hoffman to destroy the negatives. However, Hoffman ignored his requested and published them in his memoir
However, after Hitler saw the pictures he asked that Hoffman destroy the negatives, not wanting them to be seen by the public.
Hoffman ignored the request and later published the pictures in his memoir, Hitler Was My Friend, which came out in 1955.
With an intense gaze, Hitler makes a point to an imaginary audience as he rehearses a speech
Hoffman's photos were taken just after Hitler's release from Landsberg Prison, during which time he wrote Mein Kampf
Hitler strikes a pose as a rehearses his rhetoric for the camera
Worked up by a recording of his own speech Hitler motions with his whole body as he makes a seemingly vehement point
After their initial publication the photos were stored in Hoffmann's studio until his arrest at the end of the war, whereupon they disappeared into various archives.
The images give a rare glimpse into genocidal ruler's inner workings, exhibiting how he meticulously rehearsed his indoctrinating speeches long before he became the Furer.