“I happened to be in England, and I got this message that the prince would love to talk, and I said, ‘What?’… and then I went, ‘Okay,’ ” Costner recalls.
The star, 69, who’s No. 1 on the list in PEOPLE’s annual 100 Reasons to Love America issue, says in this week’s cover story he has nothing but fond memories about the encounter.
“We met in this room, and it was just us,” he says. “He walked up, and we shook hands… The first line out of his mouth was, ‘You know, my mom kind of fancied you.’ “Costner, who demurs on sharing what they spoke about during the rest of the private chat, says the experience with the Prince of Wales was “very sweet.” Calling William “quite a young man,” the actor was left with “such fond memories of who he was, how I was approached and what we talked about.”
