Prince Charming (Adam and the Ants song) representing an element of Adam Ant’s personality. The video ends with Adam smashing a mirror, then singing the "Prince Charming, Prince Charming/Ridicule is nothing to be scared of" refrain as different characters: the Man with No Name (Clint Eastwood from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"), Alice Cooper, Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan (Rudolph Valentino from the silent film "The Sheik"), and his own "Dandy highwayman" from the "Stand and Deliver" video. The music video was one of Diana Dors' last on-screen performances. According to Adam, Prince Charming is based on Beau Brummell. Pirroni described the song as "A cleverer
Prince Charming the decisions she makes. The prominence of the character type makes him an obvious target for revisionist fairy tales. "Prince Charming" is also used as a term to refer to the idealized man some people dream of as a future spouse. Charles Perrault's version of "Sleeping Beauty", published in 1697, includes the following text at the point where the princess wakes up: "'Est-ce vous, mon prince?' lui dit-elle, 'vous vous êtes bien fait attendre'. Le Prince charmé de ces paroles... ne savait comment lui témoigner sa joie". ("'Are you my prince?' she said. 'You've kept me waiting a long time'.