{"id":114546,"date":"2024-05-19T12:30:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=114546"},"modified":"2024-05-19T09:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T16:55:33","slug":"lady-sarah-mccorquodale-the-cupid-lady-for-princess-diana-who-also-had-a-romance-with-king-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/lady-sarah-mccorquodale-the-cupid-lady-for-princess-diana-who-also-had-a-romance-with-king-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Sarah McCorquodale &#8220;the cupid lady&#8221; for Princess Diana who also had a romance with King Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Before Princess Diana stepped into the royal spotlight, her elder sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, had her moment with the then-Prince Charles!<\/strong> Flashback to the late 70s: Lady Sarah initially conquered Charles&#8217; attention in events such as the Royal Ascot and polo matches, earning an invite to the royal residence at Balmoral.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-114562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/King-Charles-and-Princess-Dianas-sister.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/King-Charles-and-Princess-Dianas-sister.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/King-Charles-and-Princess-Dianas-sister-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/King-Charles-and-Princess-Dianas-sister-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/King-Charles-and-Princess-Dianas-sister-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, their love story didn&#8217;t have many pages, partly because Lady Sarah famously declared in a Woman\u2019s Own interview that<strong> she wasn&#8217;t in love with Charles<\/strong>. She expressed that marriage for her could be only possible with a man she truly loved, and that wasn&#8217;t Charles. Just like that, she ended the chances of an engagement with the then-prince.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;I\u2019m a whirlwind sort of lady&#8230; I wouldn\u2019t marry anyone I didn\u2019t love whether he was the dustman or the King of England.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Years after, Lady Sarah found her true match in <strong>Neil McCorquodale<\/strong>, and since then the couple has celebrated over four decades of marriage. The pair share three children and a life far from the royal cameras and whispers. Their hideaway? The Lincolnshire countryside.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-114563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Princess-Diana-and-her-sister.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Princess-Diana-and-her-sister.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Princess-Diana-and-her-sister-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Princess-Diana-and-her-sister-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Princess-Diana-and-her-sister-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But despite having a brief romantic past with the now King, Sarah notably played an important role when <strong>introducing her sister, Princess Diana, to Charles<\/strong>. Subsequently, history was made and the marriage between these two became one of the most talked about unions in royal history. What&#8217;s more, Lady Sarah even was a supporter through her sister&#8217;s turbulent marriage.<\/p>\n<p>When Princess Diana passed away, Lady Sarah continued to honor her sister&#8217;s legacy as president of the Diana, &#8220;<em><strong>Princess of Wales Memorial Fund<\/strong><\/em>,&#8221; raising over \u00a3100 million for this charity. While she still has a romantic link to the royal family, her philanthropic actions and connection to Diana make her a respected figure in royal history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Princess Diana stepped into the royal spotlight, her elder sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, had her moment with the then-Prince Charles! Flashback to the late 70s: Lady Sarah initially conquered Charles&#8217; attention in events such as the Royal Ascot and polo matches, earning an invite to the royal residence at Balmoral. 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