Prince’s ex-fiancée Sheila E. speaks out on his death

Famed percussionist Sheila E. expressed her sorrow Friday over the loss of Prince, her former flame and longtime musical partner — calling his death at age 57 “unreal.”

“It’s unreal. It’s surreal. I miss him dearly,” Sheila E., his former fiancée, said on “Good Morning America” from Minneapolis.

She wrote on Twitter: “My heart is broken. There are no words. I love you!”

Sheila E. said Prince had told her he knew they would get married from the moment they first met at his concert in Oakland, California, in 1978.

A few years later, Prince proposed to her onstage during a performance of “Purple Rain.”

“I was playing drums at the time,” she told “GMA.” “He turned around and looked at me and asked me to marry him and I said, ‘Yes.’”

But they never wed. Eventually, Prince married backup singer and dancer Mayte Garcia in 1996 when she was 22 years old and he was 37 — though their union was annulled two years later.

Their son, Boy Gregory, died a few days after his birth due to a rare bone disorder.

In 2001, he married 24-year-old Manuela Testolini Nelson, who had worked for his charitable foundation. She filed for divorce five years later.

Sheila E. called Paisley Park, the artist’s home and recording studio where he died, a “dynasty” and a “museum.”

“It’s a place where he created,” she told the show. “He’s created music that no one has ever done before. He had his own sound and he did it for the people.”

Sheila E. — the “E” is for Escovedo, her real last name — collaborated with Prince on her biggest hits: 1984’s “The Glamorous Life” and 1985’s “A Love Bizarre.”

She also sang background on his songs “Let’s Go Crazy” and “Erotic City.”

Sheila E. described Prince as a private person with whom she shared cherished memories.

“Everyone knows that and there’s things that we have shared, him and I together, that people will never know,” she said. “They are our moments.”

Prince’s death remains a mystery and an autopsy is planned for Friday.

Sheila E. said Prince had suffered injuries while performing but that she knew of no other ailments.

“We know that he’s had issues with his hips,” she said. “If you look back in the days of ‘Purple Rain’ when he was on top of risers and jumping down off risers in those heels, you know, it damaged parts of his body.”

“I know we’re always injured when we play on stage,” she told “GMA.” “I don’t know anything other than that.”