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Prince Charles' real "soulmate" revealed

A royal biographer claims Prince Charles has a real “soulmate” that he had fallen for, before Princess Camilla, or even Princess Di. 

Penny Juror said Prince Charles was romantically linked to a younger woman after he was involved with Duchess Camilla in the early seventies and before he married the late Princess Di on July 29, 1981. 

The woman was Davina Sheffield, and according to Juror was a woman who “seemed ideal in many ways.”

Prince Charles was the most eligible bachelor in the world throughout the 70’s and 80’s. 

Juror wrote in her 2005 book The Firm, that Prince Charles ruined the relationship he began with beautiful and alluring Davina by rekindling with his old flame, Camilla. 

"In 1976, the prince fell for another girl, Davina Sheffield, who could have been the soulmate he was searching for," she wrote. 

"She seemed ideal in so many ways, and they appeared to be very much in love. 

"But she already had a boyfriend when Charles met her, an Old Harrovian and powerboat racer named James Beard. 

"Davina initially rebuffed invitations to have dinner with the Prince, but he was so persistent that she eventually succumbed and the boyfriend soon fell by the wayside. 

"He was subsequently conned into talking about his relationship with Davina by what turned out to be a Sunday tabloid reporter and the story of their affair, complete with photographs of their 'love nest', made headline news. 

"It killed the relationship stone dead." 

The couple were introduced by Charle’s sister Princess Anne. Davina is the granddaughter of the first Lord McGowan and the cousin of Samantha Cameron. 

The Prince later met a beautiful Scottish heiress Anna Wallace who Juror wrote also could have been Charle’s true soul mate - despite the relationship not being supported by his family. 

Juror wrote in her 2017 book, The Duchess that Wallace had dumped the then handsome prince in a fit of rage over his relationship with Duchess Camilla. 

"Charles had taken her to two successive balls and then danced with Camilla for most of both evenings," she wrote. 

"Anna dumped him with the words: 'No one treats me like that – not even you.'"

Prince Charles met his future wife, Princess Diana in November of 1977, whilst he was with her older sister, Lady Sarah. 

The two later married in 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral and became the Princess of Wales. 

They shared two children, Prince William and Prince Harry, before she passed away in a tragic car accident in 1997. 

Scroll through the gallery above to see the two woman Prince Charles was linked to before he married Princess Diana.

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Davina Mary Sheffield, prince charles, Anna Wallace, Scottish heiress, royal family