Extremely glamorous Davina Sheffield took some convincing to go on a date with Charles (Image: Getty Images)

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. FEB, 1992: Diana photographed alone on a bench in front of India’s Taj Mahal while Charles meets business leaders. Between 1971 and 1981, when he married Diana, Princess of Wales, he was said to have dated 20 women. 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.Boatman Beard instantly became a media target and was asked by a reporter to share intimate details of his relationship with Davina. 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. Penny Junor wrote, “In 1976, the prince fell for another girl, Davina Sheffield, who could have been the soulmate he was searching for.” 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.”

Sheffield was the granddaughter of a wealthy and powerful industrialist. They might have huge family wealth. Junor wrote in her book that it "killed the relationship stone dead", leaving Charles was devastated. FEB 2, 1989: Diana confronts Camilla at a party about her affair with Charles. In tapes broadcast in 2004, Diana revealed: “I was terrified of her. I said, ‘I know what’s going on between you and Charles and I want you to know that. Don’t treat me like an idiot’.” 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 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".

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. JULY 1, 1990: Charles leaves Cirencester Hospital with his arm in a sling after breaking it falling off his horse during a polo match. She is George Berkeley Sheffield and Agnes Wilson McGowan and the granddaughter of a wealthy and celebrated industrialist, Lord McGowan. MARCH 6, 1989: Charles gives speech at the Saving The Ozone Layer World Conference, saying: “Since the Industrial Revolution, human beings have been upsetting that balance of nature, persistently choosing short-term options and to hell with the long-term repercussions.” He shared that the pair had "lived in sin" together before she dated Charles. Read More Related Articles

Davina Sheffield was the past girlfriend of Prince Charles. She was 24 years old and was an excellent match for Prince Charles. Sheffield is also the sister-in-law of Miranda, who is the Duchess of Beaufort. What Is Davina Sheffield’s Age? Birthday Davina and Charles’s romance came to an unhappy end, and Prince Charles was devastated. Davina Sheffield: Is She On WikipediaSheffield was introduced to Charles for the first time when Davina was already seeing someone else – Old Harrovian and powerboat racer James Beard.