We have more newsletters. King Charles' "bombshell" ex-girlfriend insisted on addressing him by one word when they dated back in the s. Actress Susan George, who appeared in the thriller Straw Dogs alongside Dustin Hoffman and 's Mandingo, enjoyed a string of "intimate" dinner dates with the future monarch.
It came around the time when King Charles was a bachelor and reportedly advised to "sow his wild oats" prior to settling down by his great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten. In addition to dating the future Queen , who was then named Camilla Shand and later married Andrew Parker Bowles, Charles dated "bombshell" Susan, who insisted on using a certain word when talking to him.
Richard Eden wrote in the Mail: "She's the blonde bombshell who caught the eye of King Charles in the s and enjoyed many an intimate dinner with him β though she insisted on addressing him as 'Sir'. Susan wouldn't be the only woman who dated the King before he married Lady Diana Spencer in , with the press dubbing his various romances "Charlie's Angels", according to Hello!
In , the Mail reported that Susan had referred to the King as her "special individual" when talking to friends and denied the romance publicly , but she wouldn't be the only actress linked to Charles. He reportedly also had a soft spot for Barbra Streisand, whom he described as having a "dazzling, effervescent talent", with the actress admitting that they became friends.
She said: "I had a very funny line on stage when he came to see [my] show. I said, 'You know, if I played my cards right, I could have wound up being the first Jewish princess! Charles' future wife, Diana, who was also Harry and William's mother, tragically died in a car crash with her partner Dodi Fayed on August 31, The future King later married Camilla in Windsor on April 9, , with the late Queen Elizabeth announcing that she would receive the title of Queen Consort once Charles took the throne.
