Jennifer Connelly meets Prince William 35 years after Princess Diana in ‘special’ moment

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Prince William, 39, last week at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere held in London’s Leicester Square. In a new interview, she reflected on the “special” moment as she had met the Duke of Cambridge’s mother, the late Princess Diana, 35 years before at a different film screening.

Jennifer has given some insight into the two royal experiences she had that took place 35 years apart.Last week, the Hollywood star met the Duke of Cambridge and his wife Kate Middleton at the London premiere of the remake of Tom Cruise's film Top Gun: Maverick.35 years earlier, the Requiem for a Dream star met William's mother Princess Diana at the 1986 Royal Command Premiere of her film Labyrinth in London.In an interview on Monday, Jennifer remembered how “special” both experiences had been to her.Asked if she had ever met any other British royals beside the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, she confirmed she had.“[In] 1986, yes, for the premiere of Labyrinth, which was a movie I did when I was a teenager,' Jennifer shared.The Jim Henson film was about Sarah (played by Jennifer) who has to navigate a complex maze to find her younger brother (Toby Froud) and save him from a scary goblin king (David Bowie).Jennifer recalled meeting Princess Diana at the height of her fame when they both attended the premiere. “I got to meet William's mom, [Princess] Diana,” she remembered.Jennifer said that meeting Diana at the Labyrinth premiere was a “very special experience.”Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris 11 years later in 1997, is pictured at the age of 25 chatting to Jennifer as a teen, at the 1986 premiere.The pair can be seen standing next to an animatronic creature named Ludo that had been used in the film.The princess had her then-husband, Prince.