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For hours, the main stage was crowded with dressed-up dancers embracing cheek to cheek, moving to the sounds of trumpets, guitars and the occasional accordion.

She met Princess Diana during a London trip, received praise backstage from Michael Jackson and “battled” Kylie Minogue for the same pool of dancers.

Her mother was an actress and tap dancer and her father was a boxer, according to the online publication Actor Spaces.

Musicians and dancers in bright costumes paraded along the streets, as the largest street party in Europe got under way.

Dancing was her passion, and her talents as a ballet and contemporary dancer earned her a place at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.