Six love letters that reveal a young Prince Charles enamoured with a British woman living in Montreal are now up for sale for a hefty price on eBay.

The letters, written more than 25 years ago, come with an asking price of US $30,000. The letters, some written on official Windsor Castle letterhead, are addressed to a woman named "Janet."

Janet is Janet Jenkins, a twice-divorced mother of one who now lives in Toronto.

Jenkins was 25 in 1975 when she met the prince while she worked at the British consulate in Montreal and Charles was reportedly in town with the Royal Navy.

Most of the ensuing letters were written through the following year and all are signed "With love," or "Much love."

In one letter from July, 1976, Charles writes: "I wish I could come roaring across the Atlantic to make you feel less lonely," and adds he will be coming to Canada for the Montreal Olympics: "I do hope you will be there because it would be glorious to have a chance of being alone with you for a moment."

In one seven-page letter, dated June 8, 1980 -- less than a year before his engagement to Princess Diana -- Charles laments his obligation to marry soon.

"I can see that I shall just have to get married as soon as possible and then all these people might relax a little...! I still think my solution of marrying a girl from each commonwealth country is the best one."

"Don't worry - whatever happens I will make sure you are given early warning," the Prince writes.

Conflict over letters

The letters are being sold by Alicia Carroll of the L.A.-based dealer Everything Royal. She bought the letters about 10 years ago from "a girlfriend" of Charles, Carroll says.

She told CTV Newsnet that she is planning to retire her business soon and needs to unload her catalogue of royal collectibles, which she says includes roughly 50 letters from Charles and is worth more than $1 million.

But Jenkins told CTV Newsnet Friday that she gave the letters to Carroll because she thought the L.A.-based woman was going to use them for a royal-themed museum.

"I was surprised as anyone to see them on eBay," she said. She says that she has tried to contact Carroll over the last few years about the letters but has heard nothing.

While Carroll says the letters are "intimate," Jenkins said they contain nothing "embarrassing for anyone."

She said that she met Prince Charles at the Montreal consulate, when family friends suggested to the Prince that he talk to her.

Jenkins said they had an intimate relationship over a number of years.

"I found him extraordinarily handsome . . . I didn't have any delusions about my ever wanting to marry him but I certainly enjoyed my relationship with him," she said.

In the 1990s, Jenkins spoke to London's The Mirror about her romance with the prince and said Charles had made it clear to her that he could not marry her because she had been engaged already.

"His bride-to-be had to be a pristine virgin," she told The Mirror.

Carroll hoping Charles a buyer

Carroll says that the value of the letters makes the decision to sell an easy one.

"I had intended to keep the letters. I mean, these are letters from a man who is going to be the King of England. But I can't possibly keep all this inventory," she said.

She says she hasn't been contacted by Windsor Castle about the letters, "but I would think that Prince Charles would want to buy them to get me out of his hair."

Her business used to be catalogue-based, Carroll says, but as the catalogue grew to over 400 pages, she realized that moving to online sales would be more cost-effective.

"And every time you list something on eBay, it's $1 million of free publicity. I've been inundated with requests from TV shows, radio shows - the phone has been ringing since midnight last night," she reports.