Prince Charles and the “crush” on Barbra Streisand who could “become a princess”

The prince and the Hollywood star. Almost half a century ago a cinematic love affair could have been born between Charles of England e Barbra Streisand. Life, however, rarely resembles fairy tales, even when a real is involved. The romantic comedy couple was never officially formed, but rumors of a secret story between the two they were also reported in a biography of the diva published in 2006. Certainly the queen’s firstborn Elizabeth II he had a real passion for Barbra, to the point of keeping a poster of him in the room when he was a boy.

Now Carlo himself spoke of his old “weakness” for the diva, during a broadcast created to thank the employees of the national health system for the work done in the fight against Covid. The heir to the throne recalled that his first meeting with the American actress and singer took place in California 47 years ago. Carlo was 26 years old, he was one of the golden bachelors of the time and wore the uniform of a Royal Navy lieutenant, traveling aboard the destroyer Hms Jupiter. He went to Warner Bros. Studios, in Los Angeles, on the set of the musical Funny Lady, directed by Herber Ross and starring a Barbra Streisand then thirty-two, at the height of her charm. “I will never forget her singular vitality, her voice, her talent as an actress», Said the now seventy-two-year-old eldest son of Queen Elizabeth during the radio broadcast.

Since that day the two have never lost sight of each other, so much so that she in the 1994 performed at a concert at Wembley on behalf of the Prince’s Trust, the charity founded by Charles and the following year visited Highgrove, the Prince’s residence in Gloucestershire. At that time, according to gossip, there would have been a flirtation between the two. In 1994 Carlo was officially single: yes he was separated from Lady Diana in 1992 but he wasn’t divorced yet. While Barbra had not yet fallen in love with her husband James Brolin (known in 1996 and married in 1998). The flirtation was never confirmed but certainly a special relationship was created between the two, so much so that the actress joked about it publicly: “If I had played my cards right I could have become the first Jewish princessHe said during a concert in Hyde Park in 2019.

Carlo has dedicated to her Don’t rain on my Parade, piece written for Funny Lady and played by Streisand who won the Academy Award for that film. “A song full of special memories”, the prince commented, who during the transmission revealed his songs of the heart. Thirteen in all, a fairly classic repertoire ranging from Givin’ up, givin’ in of The Three Degrees group up to Lulu’s back in town by Dick Powel.

The broadcast with all the music-related anecdotes told by the prince will be broadcast today by the Hospital Broadcasting Association, a network of radio stations run by the country’s hospitals. And the actual playlist will also be available on Spotify.