Meghan Markle and Prince Harry may be due for an unlikely Hollywood reunion later this month as they prepare to attend a glitzy awards ceremony with a suprising movie star.
It was announced yesterday that Harry is being honoured as a member of the Living Legends of Aviation Hall of Fame, due to his time serving with the British Army.
The awards will take place in Beverly Hills, California next Friday, January 19, and will be hosted by actor John Travolta, who famously danced with Harry’s late mother Princess Diana at the White House.
As an aviation ambassador the Grease and Saturday Night Fever star will be presenting the Duke with a Legend of Aviation award, nearly 40 years after the legendary dance.
The 69-year-old spun the late Princess around President Ronald Reagan’s dancefloor in 1985 during a gala dinner, where they danced together for 15 minutes.
Travolta later said it was “one of the highlights of my life” as they danced to You’re the One That I Want, which he and co-star Olivia Newton-John made famous in their 1978 film Grease.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have met the actor before, as they rubbed shoulders at The Beverly Hills Hotel’s ultra-VIP Polo Lounge last year.
They were seen sharing food and drinks at an event hosted by the swanky venue for Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation and reportedly got on “extremely well”.
The awards honour those who have made “significant contributions in the aerospace industry”, with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin among the honourees.
Harry has ten years of military experience, having completed two tours of Afghanistan where he flew in several combat missions, as well as flying in training missions in the UK, US and Australia.
The Prince is also the founder of the Invictus Games, a competitive sports tournament for wounded and sick ex-military personnel, many of whom suffered horrific injuries while serving for their country.
However one royal expert has questioned why Harry has achieved legendary status with his military career, as he claimed it was “ridiculous” to describe the Duke as such.
Richard Fitzwilliams told Express.co.uk: “The term ‘living legend’ surely does not apply here, if to him then why not to every pilot who has seen service?
“No doubt his founding of the Invictus Games has been taken into account but ‘living legend’ is surely ridiculous.”
Harry was also controversially omitted from a Sandhurst book compiling its 200 most notable alumni, even though his brother Prince William made the list.
