Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles

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The wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles took place on 9 April 2005 in Windsor Guildhall instead. The civil ceremony, which was carried out in the presence of the married couple's families, was followed by a service according to the rite of the Church of England in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle . The groom's parents , Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , were not present at the civil ceremony but attended the service that followed.

The couple, Charles, Prince of Wales , then 56, and Camilla Parker Bowles , then 57, who has since been referred to as Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall - in German Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall - were both married once.

Engagement and preparations

On February 10, 2005, it was announced that Camilla Parker Bowles and the Prince of Wales would be married on April 8, 2005. The engagement ring of the bride is an heirloom of the Windsor family, which the Queen Mum belonged. On learning of the engagement the couple were in the making of the Queen congratulated and the Duke of Edinburgh, which means that the marriage according to the Royal Marriages Act 1772 was approved. Subsequently, the Archbishop of Canterbury , Dr. Rowan Williams ; the Prime Minister , Tony Blair ; the opposition leader , Michael Howard ; the leader of the Liberal Democrats , Charles Kennedy ; the Speaker of the House of Commons , Peter Hain ; and the Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of Realms .

Change of place and date

On February 17th, Clarence House announced that the wedding would not take place at Windsor Castle as planned, but at Windsor Guildhall. One reason for the change of location was probably that Windsor Castle would have required a special license for the wedding ceremony, which meant that everyone else could then marry at the castle for at least three years. A resulting difficulty would be conflicts with the castle tours. On April 4, it was announced that the wedding would be postponed one day to April 9, so that the Prince of Wales, representing Queen Elizabeth II, could attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II .

Process details

On February 22nd, Buckingham Palace announced that Her Majesty the Queen would not attend the ceremony itself but would attend the service that followed and give the newlyweds a reception. The official reason for this was that the palace wanted to keep costs down.

Traditionally, the groom did not spend the night before the wedding with his bride, but with his sons, Princes William and Harry, at his country estate, Highgrove House in Gloucestershire .

Wedding and worship

The wedding took place at Windsor Guildhall at 12:30 p.m. BST (11:30 a.m. UTC ) on April 9, 2005. Large crowds gathered in the streets around Windsor Castle early in the morning.

As Camilla Parker Bowles' first marriage to the cavalry - officer had been divorced Andrew Parker Bowles, there was a public discussion about the remarriage of divorced persons within the Church of England , which led to that first a civil marriage was consummated. When Princess Anne married Timothy Laurence after divorcing Mark Phillips , it was done in the Church of Scotland , as divorces are less controversial there.

The entire royal family, with the exception of the Queen and Prince Philip, attended the civil ceremony. The groomsmen were the groom's eldest son, Prince William, and the bride's son, Tom Parker Bowles . Following tradition, the wedding rings are made of 22- carat Welsh gold .

The service that followed was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.

The wedding cake was created by Mary Robinson and Dawn Blunden, who run the Sophisticake store in Woodhall Spa , Lincolnshire . In April 2005 a hotelier bought a piece of the cake for £ 215.

List of guests at the civil ceremony

Family of the Prince of Wales

Family of Camilla Parker Bowles

Guests in the service

family

Representative of the British monarchy around the world

Foreign royals

More guests

Other guests included representatives from politics and the church.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ schwaebische.de: Charles is not allowed to marry at Windsor Castle , February 18, 2005, accessed March 26, 2018
  2. ^ The Telegraph: Charles cannot marry at Windsor Castle , Caroline Davies, February 18, 2005, retrieved March 26, 2018