The First Meeting
Unlike the fairytales we’ve heard as children, it wasn’t exactly love at first sight for Charles and Diana. In fact, when they first met during a grouse hunt at Althorp, Charles was dating Sarah, Diana’s older sister. The couple was not head over heels in love and would call it quits soon after.
At the time of their first meeting, Lady Di was just 16 while the prince was 29. Still, she seemed to be smitten by him and would go on to tell her friends that she would one day marry Charles. He also thought she was amusing, attractive, and full of life.