The Prince visited Diana there every day, offering to escort her to a barbecue(烧烤，烤肉) , or extending an invitation for a long walk in the woods.

　　When Charles went to Switzerland for a ski vacation, Diana missed him terribly. He called her after a day or two, and told Diana he had something important to ask her.

　　He arrived home on February, 3, 1981.Three days later, he arranged to see Diana at Windsor Castle. Late that evening, while Prince Charles was showing Diana the nursery, he asked her to marry him.

　　To his surprise, Diana treated his proposal as a joke, She actually giggled. But soon she could see that Prince Charles was serious. Despite an insistent(坚持的，迫切的) voice inside her head that told her she would never be Queen, she accepted his proposal.

　　Diana told Prince Charles over and over that she loved him.

　　"Whatever love means." Was his reply.