Footage of the Princess of Wales twirling to hits from the actor’s film Saturday Night Fever was seen worldwide. 

Travolta later said the 1985 encounter at the White House was “like a fairy tale”. The low-cut blue velvet Victor Edelstein evening dress was a favourite of Diana’s, who also wore it for her portrait by Lord Snowden in 1997. 

In June 1997 – just two months before her death – she auctioned it for £420,000 to raise funds for Aids charities. It is being sold again with Kerry Taylor Auctions next month. 

Lucy Bishop, of the London auction house, said: “This is arguably her most iconic gown. The photos of her being twirled around the dance floor by a handsome John Travolta at the White House caused a sensation.” 

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