Putting in my 2p again

[Karen Barker]

Tonls: 
> 
> And about Prince Charles:  Now I am not sure I truly understand or 
> remember the story. Why didn't he marry her to start with, if he 
> knew her all his life??  

In a nutshell he dated her then went away to sea (he was serving in the 
Royal Navy at the time) without giving her any promises of a future 
together or whatever - he was in his early 20s at the time so quite 
young really.  While he was away she married Andrew Parker Bowles so he 
returned to find her gone so to speak.

Karen