Did Charles and Andrew marry against type?

[ysbel]

I was always struck by the marriage choices that Charles and Andrew made and on appearances they chose women exactly opposite that I thought they'd choose.

First dowdy and rather prudish Charles chose a trophy wife, a stylish beauty with lots of glamour when he had previously dated the country girl horsey type. Right now he's married to Camilla who seems to fit him like a perfect glove.

Then randy Andrew who had a bevy of startlets and good lookers in his black book married the country girl kinda klutz that Sarah was. Right now he's dating Angie Everheart, who is a blond beauty starlet who is much more the type of woman I expected him with in the first place.

But their wives just didn't seem to go with them well. For Charles and Diana I can understand if the marriage was arranged but even then I'm stretched to understand why even in an arranged marriage Charles would agree to someone that was so different from the girls he was used to and liked. And Andrew, I have no idea what was the attraction with Sarah. They are still good friends now so there has got to be something there.

A lot of people thought that Andrew should have married Diana. I don't know maybe he knew some of the emotional problems that Diana had more than Charles did and that's what made him keep his distance but Diana and Andrew and Charles and Sarah looked like more natural couples to me.

I find it fascinating that not one but both brothers married against type and in different situations but with the same results.