Once upon a time, Prince Charles was a very eligible bachelor—but the woman he wanted to marry (spoiler alert: he is now married to her) was already spoken for. Camilla Shand married Andrew Parker-Bowles in 1973, and broke Charles’ heart in the process. By late 1980 and early 1981, Charles was 32, and pressure was mounting to go ahead and tie the knot. The royal family was looking for a “particular kind of girl” for the heir to the throne to marry, author Wendy Holden said, and found that girl in the form of Diana Spencer, who was just 19. (She turned 20 less than a month before she and Charles married on July 29, 1981.)
