Barbra Streisand and Prince Charles once had an unexpected and unforgettable encounter almost 50 years ago during his career with the Royal Navy.

Barbra Streisand having more than 150 million record sales to her name worldwide, is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. While achieving success in multiple entertainment fields, she is from few to have been awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The special documentary charting her meteoric rise, covering her escape from a tough childhood in working-class Brooklyn to a career on the red carpet.

The documentary disclosed Barbra’s initial goals to become an actress, and how her career took off two years after landing her first acting role when she started to sing.

Singer continues to amaze her fanbase even as her career enters its sixth decade — and can boast royalty among those who have fawned over her.

Once Prince Charles recalled being utterly captivated by Streisand when they met almost 50 years ago.

The Prince selected 13 of his favorite songs for the radio program, Music & Memories With HRH The Prince Of Wales, and that was broadcast over 180 hospital radio stations last July, including the iconic ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’.

Charles said: “I have always been a great admirer of the incredibly versatile American actress and singer Barbra Streisand.

“Back in 1974, when I was serving in the Royal Navy, as a young lieutenant in the frigate HMS Jupiter, we called into the United States navy’s base in San Diego, California.

“When I heard that she was currently making the film [Funny Lady, a sequel to Funny Girl] in the Warner Brothers Studios […] I was lucky enough to visit the set and to meet her there.

“I shall never forget her dazzling, effervescent talent and the unique vitality and attraction of her voice and her acting ability.”

He added that the song was “full of special memories” for him, explaining why he had picked it as one of his favorites.

Songs Charles picked were ‘La Vie En Rose’ by Edith Piaf and ‘Upside Down’ by Diana Ross

Another song Charles’ picks was ‘Givin’ Up, Givin’ In’ by The Three Degrees, which band performed at his 30th birthday in 1978.

Charles said the song “long ago, used to provide me with an irresistible urge to get up and dance”.

Meanwhile, she gave her own side of the story, joking that she could have had a role in the Royal Family if she had “played her cards right”.

It was not the first time the duo had met, with another encounter occurring when she stayed at his Highgrove House country home.

Streisand revealed that Charles sent her a bouquet of flowers, which she first thought had been from a fan.

She said: “I remember recording at Warner Brothers, I can’t remember the name of the song I was singing.

“I was drinking tea and he asked to meet me, so he came to the recording studio and I offered him a sip of the tea and I thought ‘Are they going to have to test me for poison or something?’ No.”

She continued: “We became friends and I loved spending some time at Highgrove for a weekend fundraiser, I remember going through his gardens.

“The funny story about that is that my assistant at the time, I was staying in one of those great hotels, I walked by her room and I saw this bouquet of flowers and I said ‘Who has sent me that?’

“She said, ‘a fan, called Charles’, I said ‘really? Let me see the note’, and there was his seal and they weren’t from like a florist because they were from his gardens and it has different look, she just mistook it for a fan you know, that’s Prince Charles!”

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