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Whatever?Love?Means?爱就是一切Although neither or them remembered the occasion, Diana first met her future husband when she was just a baby. It happened during the winter of 1961, when twelve-year-old Charles, Prince of Wales, was visiting his mothers Sandringham retreat. At the time, your Prince Charles barely glanced at the tiny baby sleeping in her cot. After all, bow could a twelve-year-old boy be interested in babies? But the Prince would eventually take a very keen interest in this particular baby —it would just take some time. In fact, it would be sixteen years before Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer took place in the middle of a farmers field during a shooting party in November 1977. It was a cold, rainy, bleak afternoon when sixteen-year-old Diana, dressed in a borrowed parka that was too large for her, boots, and blue jeans, crossed the field to meet the heir to the British throne. It was almost twilight when the two came face to face near Nobottle Woods. What a sad man, Diana thought when she first saw him. The future Princess was intrigued to finally meet the most eligible bachelor in England, thought she was not impressed with his five-foot-ten-inch height, thinking to herself that she would tower over him in high heels. But Diana would later say that she admired his beautiful blue eyes. The Prince later remarked that he thought Diana was a very jolly and attractive girl, full of fun, though Diana herself believed that he barely noticed me at all. Diana, it was discovered later, first came to the attention of the royal family when she acted as a bridesmaid for her sister Janes wedding that April. It was the first major social occasion that Diana attended as a young woman. And many of the royals were surprised at how beautiful and mature the once-gawky girl had become. Even the Queen Mother. Prince Charless grandmother, noticed Dianas beauty, grace, and charm. She complimented the Earl on the fine job he had done in bringing Diana up. A short t