World | Prince Charles Charles' Love Letters Show a Frisky Sailor By Nick McMaster 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. 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. Read These Next That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Hall of Famer Dave Parker dies Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. Senate will grind it out this weekend for Trump's spending bill. Report an error