Davina Sheffield (Friend of Prince Charles) - Vintage Press Photo

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But those rumours were put to an abrupt end in 1978 while she was on a ski trip with the Prince in the Swiss resort Klosters.

He said: 'She was equally impressed with his energy, enthusiasm, sense of fun, kindness and modest self-deprecation,' he wrote. Charles was said to have described her as 'the only woman who ever understood me’, but some suggest claim is thought to have begun with Kanga herself. Davina Sheffield, a close friend of Prince Charles, radiates elegance and sophistication as she attends a glamorous charity function in 1977.Charles met Lucia Santa Cruz in 1967 at a dinner party hosted by a mutual friend when he was at Cambridge University. Considered to be a prime candidate for Charles’s wife in the early 1970s, the Duke of Wellington’s daughter Lady Jane dated the Prince from 1973 to 1974, enduring such intense media speculation about their impending engagement that she once snapped back, ‘Do you honestly believe I want to be Queen? Davina Sheffield watched Prince Charles playing polo for the Royal Navy at Taunton, Somerset on Sunday. Davina works closely with other team members to ensure a sound multi-disciplinary approach to care, using her clinical experience and knowledge of children with OI while maintaining a background of evidence-based care.

Davina, wearing a light summer dress looked happy and relaxed as she chatted to the Prince and members of the Royal Family. As second cousins, the pair already each other through her grandfather, Lord Mountbatten, who was Prince Philip's maternal uncle, and close to Charles. Charles subsequently proposed to Diana in February, 1981; married her in July the same year (having only met her 13 times in total); and then resumed his affair with Camilla in 1986, following the births of William and Harry. It serves as a reminder that even amidst high society events and royal connections, compassion remains at the heart of humanity.

Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Following the end of his earlier relationship with Camilla, Charles was eager to be married before 30. Well connected and extremely glamorous, she seemed like the perfect match for the future heir to the throne. All our press photos are LIMITED ARCHIVE ORIGINALS - they are the actual prints that were used by the newspapers, they are not reprints or digital prints produced by us. She was a cousin of Samantha Sheffield, who went on to become the wife of the former Prime Minister David Cameron.

After being questioned over the couple's (supposed) impending engagement, she once snapped back, according to Tatler: 'Do you honestly believe I want to be Queen?

She went on to marry novelist Charles Ellingworth and work as a social worker, firmly out of the media glare. In June 1977, the Daily Express was confident that 'Prince Charles is to marry Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg' - and put it on the front page. Heartbroken, Prince Charles begged Camilla not to marry Andrew the week before her wedding, wrote Ms Junor.