Early Romances
In his youth, Charles was linked to a number of women. His great-uncle Lord Mountbatten advised him: "In a case like yours, the man should sow his wild oats and have as many affairs as he can before settling down, but for a wife he should choose a suitable, attractive, and sweet-charactered girl before she has met anyone else she might fall for ... It is disturbing for women to have experiences if they have to remain on a pedestal after marriage."
Charles's female friends included Georgiana Russell, daughter of the British Ambassador to Spain; Lady Jane Wellesley; Davina Sheffield; model Fiona Watson; actress Susan George; Lady Sarah Spencer; Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg; Dale Tryon; Janet Jenkins; Jane Ward; and Camilla Shand, who later became his second wife and Duchess of Cornwall.
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