Initially appeared on E! Online
Princess Diana had a crush on the bodyguard.
Not her personal bodyguard, after all, however Prince William not too long ago shared an eyebrow-raising revelation to Kevin Costner — noting his late mom was starry-eyed for him.
“I occurred to be in England, and I received this message that the prince would love to speak, and I stated, ‘What?’” Costner defined in an interview with People revealed June 18. “We met on this room, and it was simply us. He walked up, and we shook fingers. The primary line out of his mouth was, ‘You recognize, my mother sort of fancied you.’”
And whereas Costner, who famous that Prince William was “fairly the younger man” throughout their dialog, was stunned to listen to of Princess Diana’s affections, he did know her pretty effectively. In spite of everything, the duo — launched by Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson — have been planning to collaborate on a sequel to “The Bodyguard.”
“There was a second that that was actually flying down the tracks,” the actor famous of the Whitney Houston movie sequel that by no means was. “Very quietly, as a result of it is how I function.”
The 69-year-old additionally admitted that the Duchess of York considerably acted as a wingwoman for the pair’s introduction.
“It was so candy,” Costner gushed of his first time assembly Princess Diana. “Sarah was the one which set this up. Sarah was very cool — when she may have been going, ‘Effectively, I’m a princess too. What about me?’ She didn’t do this in any respect. Diana and I started to speak.”
Nevertheless nice their introduction or the power of their unstated emotions, Costner and Princess Diana finally moved on to different companions.
“The Bodyguard” actor, for his half, married Christine Baumgartner in 2004 and was together with her for almost 20 years earlier than their cut up final yr. Collectively, they share sons Cayden, 17, and Hayes, 15, and daughter Grace, 14. Kevin additionally shares kids Annie, 40, Lily, 37, Joe, 36, with ex Annie Costner, in addition to son Liam, 26, with former accomplice Bridget Rooney.
And after her divorce from Prince Charles — with whom she shared William and Prince Harry — was finalized in 1996, the princess was briefly linked to movie producer Dodi Fayed. Nevertheless, the pair died of their notorious 1997 automotive crash after just some months of courting.
