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Sometimes, this was literally the case.
The dance instructor seems to lay the blame squarely at Charles' feet (no pun intended).

However, she also noted that the People’s Princess “handled it remarkably well.”
Would you like to dance with her tonight?'
And I said, ‘Well of course,'" the actor sweetly recalled.

Travolta added that the room completely emptied when he took to the floor with the Princess of Wales.
But while the unlikely dance partners seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves, King Charles III was apparently less amused.
“Well I’m not a glove puppet so I can’t answer for that I’m afraid.
[…] Be an idiot if she didn’t enjoy dancing with John Travolta wouldn’t she?”
Charles reasoned, as reported byExpress.