Charles, Prince of Wales to remain on a pedestal after marriage. Charles's girlfriends included Georgiana Russell, the daughter of the British Ambassador to Spain; Lady Jane Wellesley, the daughter of the 8th Duke of Wellington; Davina Sheffield; Lady Sarah Spencer; and Camilla Shand, who later became his second wife and Duchess of Cornwall. Early in 1974, Mountbatten began corresponding with Charles about a potential marriage to Amanda Knatchbull, who was Mountbatten's granddaughter. Charles wrote to Amanda's mother—Lady Brabourne, who was also his godmother—expressing interest in her daughter, to which she replied approvingly, though she suggested that a courtship with the not yet 17-year-old girl
Duchess of Cornwall marriage to Arthur, Prince of Wales, who was the Duke of Cornwall. Before the present Duchess, the most recent Duchess of Cornwall was Diana, Princess of Wales. During this period, she was usually styled Princess of Wales, as have been most Duchesses of Cornwall. Before Camilla the only Duchesses of Cornwall to be styled as such were Caroline, wife of the future King George II, who was styled ""Her Royal Highness" The Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge" from 1 August to 27 September 1714; and Mary, wife of the future King George V, who was styled ""Her Royal Highness" The