“You have got to choose somebody very carefully who could fulfill this particular role”

— Charles, Prince of Wales

"Prince Charles discusses marriage", The Times, 27 June 1969, p. 10
Asked about "the lady the Prince should marry" in a joint televised interview with BBC and ITN broadcast on 26 June 1969.
1960s
Context: You have got to choose somebody very carefully who could fulfill this particular role, because people like you, perhaps, would expect quite a lot from somebody like that and it has got to be somebody pretty special.

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son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 1948

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