World / Prince Charles Charles' Love Letters Show a Frisky Sailor By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff Posted Mar 24, 2009 1:38 PM CDT Copied Britain's Prince Charles, front, and Ecuador's Foreign Minister Fander Falconi, right, arrive at the presidential palace in Quito, Sunday, March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) His personal life may now have all the sex appeal of tea in tweed, but once upon a time Prince Charles was a randy sailor writing risque letters to "exciting ladies (who) lurk behind bushes in order to pounce on unsuspecting naval officers … !" Six such letters, believed to have been written to a secretary at a British consulate in the late '70s, are up for auction on eBay starting at $30,000, the Guardian reports. story continues belowNFL Star Rob Gronkowski Loves These ShoesShoes Much More Comfortable Than Traditional Dress Shoes. Italian Leather and Running Shoe Technology Providing First Class Comfort All Day Long.Wolf & ShepherdLearn MoreUndoWho’s looking for Love in ColumbusExplore new connections on eharmony now!eharmonySign UpUndoWhy There's No Better Bed Out There Than The Bed, By Thuma5 Reasons To Upgrade To A ThumaThumaLearn MoreUndo The correspondence show Charles as a playful, flirtatious naval officer—albeit one whose eventual nuptuals weighed on him. "Making a mistake is, frankly, something which concerns me enormously and I still think my solution of marrying a girl from each Commonwealth country is the best one!" the prince joked in one letter. (More Prince Charles stories.) Report an error