Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles
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
- Prince William of Wales
- Prince Harry of Wales
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York
- Princess Beatrice of York
- Princess Eugenie of York
- Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex , and Sophie, Countess of Wessex
- Anne, Princess Royal and Rad Timothy Laurence
- Peter Phillips
- Zara Phillips
- Princess Alexandra
- Viscount Linley and his wife
- Daniel Chatto and Lady Sarah Chatto
Family of Camilla Parker Bowles
- Major Bruce Shand
- Tom Parker Bowles and Sara Buys
- Laura Parker Bowles and Harry Lopes
- Mr. and Mrs. Parker Bowles
- Mark Shand
- Simon Elliot and his wife
- Ben Elliot
- Katie Elliott
- Luke Irwin and his wife
Guests in the service
family
- Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- as well as the above
Representative of the British monarchy around the world
- the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda and Lady Carlisle
- the Governor General of Australia and Marlena Jeffery
- the Governor General of Barbados
- the Governor General of Canada and John Ralston Saul
- the Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands and Lady Goodwin
- the Governor General of Grenada and Lady Williams
- the Secretary General of the Commonwealth and Clare de Lore
- the Governor General of New Zealand and Peter Cartwright
- the Governor General of Papua New Guinea and Lady Matane
- the Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis
Foreign royals
- the king of Bahrain
- King Constantine II of Greece and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece and Denmark
- Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
- Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Crown Princess Catherine of Yugoslavia
- Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
- Princess Margarita of Romania and Prince Radu of Romania
- Prince Turki ibn Faisal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Princess Nouf bint Fahd bin Khalid Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
- Prince Bandar ibn Sultan of Saudi Arabia
More guests
Other guests included representatives from politics and the church.
Individual evidence
- ↑ schwaebische.de: Charles is not allowed to marry at Windsor Castle , February 18, 2005, accessed March 26, 2018
- ^ The Telegraph: Charles cannot marry at Windsor Castle , Caroline Davies, February 18, 2005, retrieved March 26, 2018