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
Rosa 'Duchess of Cornwall' Rosa 'Duchess of Cornwall' "Rosa" 'Duchess of Cornwall' is an orange blend rose cultivar bred by Hans Jürgen Evers from Rosen Tantau in Germany and introduced in 2005. The nostalgic hybrid tea rose is known as 'Music Hall' in France, and as 'Chippendale' in Germany. According to Robert Markley, it is already one of Tantau's most successful roses. The name 'Duchess of Cornwall' was chosen in the UK in honour of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall to celebrate her wedding to the Prince of Wales. She received it during a tour at "BBC Gardeners' World" Live at the National Exhibition Centre