Princess Diana had photos of Charles on her bedside before she met him

Princess Diana had always daydreamt about marrying Prince Charles, long before she even met him. 

The late Princess of Wales had fantasized about marrying Prince Charles as teenager and had a massive crush on him, before the two actually met, it was revealed in a new ITV film. 

The  shocking claims were made in the film that showed rare archive footage from the life of the late People’s Princess.

Princess Diana's cousin Diana Macfarelene explained how while everyone else in Diana’s class had posters of singers and actors hanging up on their wall, Diana had put “dashing” pictures of Charles at her bedside.

“We all used to have pictures of various popstars that we liked. The Monkees, Rod Stewart, people like that," said the princess’ cousin.

"I can tell you she used to have photographs of Prince Charles around her bed at West Heath. A sort of childhood crush really. With Diana it was always pictures of Prince Charles. She had a schoolgirl crush on him for a very long time,” she recalled.

"The dashing young man - absolutely. So she would have been 14 or 15,” she added.

Macfarelene remembered Diana’s charming personality, saying: "She was full of life, great fun, loved a giggle, wicked sense of humour. I think we used to think you could get away with something naughty looking angelic afterwards.”