Prince Harry and his past due mom, Princess Diana, now each have particular connections to John Travolta.
“I was just a 1-year-old when you danced with my mum at the White House and now look at us,” Harry, 39, quipped on the twenty first Dwelling Legends of Aviation Awards gala on Friday, January 19, after Travolta, 69, offered him a medal, in keeping with social media photos. “The only thing left to do is … not dance together but fly together.”
The Grease superstar famously shared a dance with Diana, who died in 1997 on the age of 36, all over a White Area state dinner in 1985. Diana and Travolta had each been visitors of then-president Ronald Reagan and spouse Nancy Reagan earlier than they shared the level, which Travolta later referred to as “one of the highlights of my life” in a 2016 interview.
“Now I see you again under a new circumstance, on a new stage,” Travolta advised Harry on Friday.
Harry used to be commemorated as a Dwelling Legend of Aviation for his paintings within the army. He in the past served within the British Military for 10 years and finished two excursions of accountability earlier than in the end founding the Invictus Video games to improve wounded veterans.
“For me, flying has been a transcendent experience,” Harry stated in his speech all over the Beverly Hills Hilton-held gala. “A close encounter with magic, an invitation to both protect freedom… and to feel free, and, funny enough, an opportunity to ground oneself, without actually being grounded.”
The Duke of Sussex added, “I find my flight training — which was over the course of three years — to be one of life’s greatest lessons. It triggered a vast array of feelings.”
Harry appeared dapper in a vintage tuxedo as he humbly approved the aviation honor.
“Congratulations To HRH Prince Harry for his VERY MUCH DESERVED Living Legends of Aviation Award,” Germany’s Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe wrote by means of Instagram on Friday, sharing a selfie of the 2 royals.
Harry, the youngest son of Diana and ex-husband King Charles III, stepped down from his tasks as a senior running royal in 2020 along spouse Meghan Markle. The pair settled in Montecito, California, the place they're elevating their two youngsters: Prince Archie, 4, and Princess Lilibet, 2.
“Harry and Meghan think 2024 will be the year of redemption,” a supply solely advised Us Weekly in December 2023, regarding the pair’s estrangement from the royal circle of relatives and their harrowing automobile chase closing 12 months.
Harry additionally launched his bombshell memoir, Spare, in 2023 about his upbringing and circle of relatives drama. On the other hand, in line with the insider, he’s now not serious about writing a follow-up.
“Harry and Meghan want to go in a different direction. They’ve said what they needed to say with regard to the royals,” the supply added closing month. “They’re moving on.”