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Prince Charles nearly married another woman before Princess Diana
The Prince of Wales proposed to the granddaughter of Lord Mountbatten, who is Prince Philip s uncle.
May 13, 2021 08:11 BST
Prince Charles would not have courted Princess Diana had his second cousin said yes to his marriage proposal.
The Prince of Wales had his eyes set on Amanda Knatchbull before he married Lady Diana Spencer and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. She is the granddaughter of Prince Philip s maternal uncle, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
According to the Channel 4 documentary The Royal House of Windsor, Lord Mountbatten tried to set Prince Charles up with his granddaughter. For years, Mountbatten was secretly lining Amanda up as a future queen as she was considered the perfect candidate for her distant cousin.
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