Prince’s Escapades: Love, Dating and Throwing Punches

An Ode to His Beautiful Girl

During this time, she was the muse behind Prince’s Love Symbol album in 1992. After the release of that album, the two began a sexual relationship and began dating. During their courtship, Prince also wrote the song “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” about Garcia. This song became one of his bigger hits in 1995. After four years of dating, Prince proposed to Garcia, and the two tied the knot.

Prince and Mayte perform together on stage.

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There must’ve been ridiculous amounts of love between the two of them as they held their marriage ceremony on February 14, 1996 – at least we know they never forgot their anniversary! Garcia was 22 years old at the time, and Prince was 37. That same year, the newlyweds announced that they were expecting a child together.