Leila Sherwood first met the heir to the throne in 1979 as a 14-year-old, when she skipped school to see him at Cairns Airport.
"I broke through a barrier and jumped out in front of him.
"I said 'Charles, may I kiss you?' He said 'yes, all right then', so I pecked his cheek. I was all over the TV afterwards."
Greeting the prince once again outside St John the Evangelist Church on Sunday, the now 54-year-old showed him a newspaper clipping from the time.
She said: "He held my hand and said 'bless you' - I didn't want to let go of his hand!"
The Prince of Wales hailed the "remarkable" Flying Doctors service as he visited the Cairns base - and said he was "very proud" to be its patron.
On a tour of the base, the prince chatted to staff about their work in giving urgent medical help to people in rural areas of Queensland, and was given a demonstration of how to treat a snake bite.
He also had the chance to speak to people who rely on the service, before formally naming the newest addition to the Flying Doctors fleet, uniquely configured as an 'intensive care unit of the sky', as the Outback Angel.
He said: "I'm very proud to be patron of the Flying Doctors. It's a remarkable operation."
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