Oking Charles III has had a number of relationships over time, however that with Lucia Santa Cruz is probably the least well-known.
Few know concerning the girl who was the primary actual girlfriend of the brand new British king, or that she performed a job in bringing Charles III and Camilla collectively.
All of it occurred in 1971. Lucia Santa Cruz was a analysis assistant who had simply offered her e book “Three essays on Chilean ladies”.
Movies might present that Charles and Camilla met at a polo match after which dinner, however the reality is that it was Lucia who launched them years after the 2 had damaged up.
Who was Lucia Santa Cruz?
She was the daughter of the Chilean ambassador in London, Victor Santa Cruz, throughout the time period of President Ricardo Froilan Lagos Escobar.
Her e book allowed her to get near the wealthy households of the UK, which left Prince Charles, a lover of historical past and artwork, smitten.
They started relationship after they met in Cambridge, and he even launched her to Queen Elizabeth II. The British crown has very strict guidelines about marriage and certainly one of them is that anybody becoming a member of the Royal Household have to be Protestant, and Lucia was Catholic, which meant Charles must resign his crown.
In consequence their love story got here to an finish, however Lucia Santa Cruz’s profession went on to be a hit, even with out the crown. She grew to become a college professor, labored for Banco Santander, wrote a number of books, and ended up being the director of Chilean nationwide TV.
When it comes to her private life, she ended up marrying politician Juan Luis Ossa, with whom she had three kids. However all this did not stop her from remaining associates with Charles III and Camilla Parker, till her demise on March 16, 2019.