She was once considered the one who could become queen alongside Charles. Davina Sheffield, the great childhood sweetheart of the British sovereign in the 1970s, died on September 2 at the age of 75 after a short illness. The information was confirmed this weekend by his three sons, Tom, Billy and Henry, at “Hello! Magazine”.
Charles, then a prince, and Davina Sheffield, daughter of the 1st Lord McGowan, were first seen together in 1976 and seemed to be in love. They had gone to social events and a wedding together. She was thus described as Charles’ true “soul mate” by observers of the British royal family, even receiving the approval of Queen Elizabeth II.
A story that ends suddenly
Except that the romance ended suddenly. Indeed, James Beard, the former boyfriend of Davina Sheffield, had publicly revealed their affair. Royal tradition required, at the time, that Charles choose a wife considered “irreproachable”, which was no longer the case for Davina Sheffield.
After his separation from Davina, Charles had several conquests until he met Diana, whom he married on July 29, 1981 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. They officially divorced in 1996, a year before Lady Di’s tragic death in a car accident under the Pont de l’Alma in Paris.
Since 2005, King Charles has been married to Queen Camilla, with whom he had already had an affair in the 1970s.
