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

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Undeterred, later that year Charles proposed to Anna Oates, the daughter of a Scottish landowner. Known as ‘Whiplash Wallace’ for her fiery temper, she reportedly broke off their relationship during the Queen Mother’s 80 thbirthday party because Charles had ignored her all evening. It was widely reported afterwards that she told him: ‘I have never been so badly treated in my life. You’ve left me alone all evening and now you will have to continue without me.’ Vested interest Royal expert Penny Junor said in her 2005 book, The Firm, that Sheffield initially turned down the Prince’s invite to have dinner with him because of Beard. But Prince Charles was so persistent that Davina eventually fell, and the two met. The scoop brought Charles and Davina’s romance to an abrupt end; royal tradition followed at the time dictated any bride of a future King must be "intact". MARCH 10, 1988: An avalanche hits while Charles is skiing in Klosters, killing friend Major Hugh Lindsay and leaving another friend, Patty Palmer-Tomkinson, seriously injured. Between 1971 and 1981, when he married Diana, Princess of Wales, he was said to have dated 20 women.

Sheffield was introduced to Charles for the first time when Davina was already seeing someone else – Old Harrovian and powerboat racer James Beard.

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Extremely glamorous Davina Sheffield took some convincing to go on a date with Charles (Image: Getty Images) Davina Sheffield was the past girlfriend of Prince Charles. She was 24 years old and was an excellent match for Prince Charles. He shared that the pair had "lived in sin" together before she dated Charles. Read More Related Articles DEC 2, 1987: Charles is at centre of controversy after saying modern architects and property developers have been more destructive to the London skyline than Adolf Hitler’s Luftwaffe. SEPT 21: Charles ridiculed when he says in a TV interview: “I just come and talk to the plants, really – very important to talk to them. They respond.”

APRIL: Andrew Morton’s bombshell book, Diana: Her True Story – for which the Princess provided taped interviews – revealed her bulimia and depression and Charles’s infidelity.

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Penny Junor wrote, “In 1976, the prince fell for another girl, Davina Sheffield, who could have been the soulmate he was searching for.” Boatman Beard instantly became a media target and was asked by a reporter to share intimate details of his relationship with Davina.