Overall, seeing the solemnity of the religious ceremony itself, with all those jewels released from the Tower of London - some for the first time in 70 years others made an appearance at the Queen’s funeral, which means they have a further sense of symbolic heft - made the crowning of the King into an event with more meaning than expected. Standouts included Princess Charlene of Monaco in beige, Queen Rania of Jordan in pale yellow, Katy Perry in pale pink Vivienne Westwood and Queen Letizia of Spain in pink Carolina Herrera with an instantly meme-able hat. There wasn’t quite the gaiety in the ensembles one would see at a royal wedding. She also revealed that she once confronted Camilla about the affair, to little avail.The guests wore daydresses and morning suits - everyone looked like they were dressed for a particularly fancy day at church. In a 1995 interview for BBC One's Panorama, Diana famously said, "There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded," speaking of Camilla. Having allegedly had an on-off connection in years prior, Charles and Camilla allegedly rekindled their physical relationship in 1986, while they were both married to other people and raising families, per People. 1986: Charles reportedly restarts an affair with Camilla. I looked for her." She continued, "So walking down the aisle, I spotted Camilla, pale gray, veiled pillbox hat."Ĭharles and Diana went on to have two children-Prince William in 1982 and Prince Harry in 1984-before divorcing. She revealed (per Good Housekeeping), "I knew she was in there, of course. In 1991, Diana revealed to biographer Andrew Morton that at her wedding, she looked for Camilla in the congregation. Diana had just turned 20, while Prince Charles was 32. We sort of met in a plowed field."ĭiana and Charles's engagement was announced on February 24, 1981, and they were married just a few months later, on July 29. In a TV interview following her engagement to Charles in 1981, Diana said of that first meeting, "It was 1977, Charles came to stay. The Guardian described McCorquodale as "a former girlfriend of Prince Charles," and quoted her as saying, "I introduced them. When Lady Diana first met Prince Charles, he was dating her sister, Lady Sarah (née Spencer, now McCorquodale). No matter which version of the event is true, there was most definitely a spark. I feel we have something in common,'" the outlet reported. "When she met the Prince at a party in 1972, Camilla Shand, then a 25-year-old post-deb living in London, told him sassily, 'My great-grandmother was the mistress of your great-great-grandfather. Though, Peoplecites that the pair met at a party years later, in 1972. Reports about the couple's first meeting vary slightly, but it is believed that Prince Charles met Camilla Shand at a polo match in Windsor Great Park in 1970, per the BBC. The two remain married today, and their now decades-long romance has been well-documented in royal history books, documentaries, hit series The Crown, and even Prince Harry's memoir, Spare.Īhead, take a look back at the full love story between the now king and queen of England-from their first meetings and entanglements throughout Charles's then-dissolving marriage to Princess Diana, to their happy family life now. Before King Charles III (then Prince Charles) married Princess Diana (then Diana Spencer) in 1981, he was apparently already smitten with his former girlfriend, Camilla Parker Bowles (then Camilla Shand, now Camilla, Queen Consort).Īfter an extensive courtship, Charles and Camilla married each other in April 2005.
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