Shelley attended a White House dinner in honor of the soon-to-be-married Prince Charles in May of 1981. With a guest list of only 30, the dinner did away with strict protocol and had the prince arrive before the guests that included Cary Grant, Aurdey Hepburn, Alfred and Betsy Bloomingdale, Diana Vreeland and Bobby Short, who also provided the entertainment for the evening.
According to the prince's biographer, Shelley was the only guest the prince may have objected to. "Every story ever written about his girlfriends always has been headlined "Charlie's Angels.'" Shelley's Charlie's Angel status didn't help in that respect but, nevertheless, she attended the affair. She was escorted by Mr. Short, her "co-star" in her 1st Charlie perfume commercial.