He had popped the question no fewer than three times when he fianlly met the woman he would marry. Prince Charles announced his engagement on February 24, 1981.
Charles Spencer's wife Karen Spencer shared an image of a stone of unknown origin that reads "this house was built in 1609" which she found in a cellar at Althorp House, where Charles and Princess Diana grew up.
Charles Spencer posted a lovely throwback image of his grandfather and great-aunt, taken around 1900, and his fans were quick to agree it looked like himself and the late Princess Diana