Charles and Camilla are now married....
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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were married Saturday at the 17th century Guildhall, capping a decades-long love affair that lasted through the prince's first marriage to Princess Diana.
The couple emerged from Guildhall to the cheers of onlookers and a jazz band playing, "Congratulations." They drove to Windsor Castle in a Rolls-Royce for a blessing ceremony at St. George's Chapel to be attended by Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and conducted by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
Many of the wedding guests, including Charles' sons William and Harry, were driven to the wedding in a rented bus. Parker Bowles' ex-husband, Andrew, also was among the fewer than 30 guests at the civil ceremony.
The bride wore an oyster silk basketweave coat with a herringbone stitch and a matching chiffon dress. She also wore a matching straw and lace hat with feather details.
Charles, in contrast to the military uniform he wore for his first wedding to Diana, was dressed in formal morning wear.
The hall was lined with Jasmine and Lily of the Valley — known to symbolize the return of happiness.
Waving Union Jack flags or raising banners honoring Diana, crowds lining the streets of the handsome riverside town of Windsor waited in chilly sunshine for the nuptials, which were postponed so Charles could attend Friday's funeral of Pope John Paul II in Rome.
"It's up to him who he marries," said Barbara Murray, 41, who camped overnight with her two daughters to stake out a vantage point to see the couple. "Whoever he chose wouldn't be the same as Diana."
Nearly eight years after Diana's death, some have bridled at accepting Camilla Parker Bowles as a future queen, seeing her relationship with Charles as the reason his first marriage fell apart.
"She broke up their marriage," said Yvonne Williams, 67, who raised a banner that read: "Long live the Queen, Diana Forever: King Charles, Queen Camilla — Never."
Security was very tight. In addition to sharpshooters on rooftops, plainclothes officers moved around in the crowd, dogs sniffed for bombs, and normally unarmed police carried handguns in the streets around Windsor Castle.
Thames Valley Police, responsible for security outside the castle, had 550 officers on duty and Scotland Yard, which is in charge inside the castle, had dozens more.
Parker Bowles technically will be the Princess of Wales — a title she wishes to avoid using, in deference to memories of Diana. Instead, she will be known as the Duchess of Cornwall.
When Charles takes the throne, Parker Bowles legally will be queen, but she wishes to be known as Princess Consort — a bow to opinion polls that show 70 percent of the population opposed to Queen Camilla.
On Friday, Prince Charles joined world leaders and hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at the funeral of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
Parker Bowles, meanwhile, met Friday with her couturier, milliner and cobbler — adding the finishing touches to her wedding day outfit, which was kept top secret.
In keeping with tradition, Parker Bowles spent Friday night at Clarence House, the London residence of the Prince of Wales, while Prince Charles spent the night at his country mansion in Gloucestershire, with his sons Princes William and Harry.
Parker Bowles, wearing a blue jacket, smiled and waved Saturday morning as she set out for Windsor, a riverside town 20 miles west of London.
Inside Windsor Castle's gates, tents were erected for the media, while every vantage point, from private balconies to the roof of a local liquor store, was converted into a temporary broadcast location.
Hotels were fully booked, and souvenir shops were doing a brisk trade in royal wedding mugs and tea towels.
Charles met Camilla Shand more than 30 years ago and discovered they shared a common love of rural life.
Her great-grandmother Alice Keppel had a love affair with King Edward VII, Charles' great-great-grandfather. The young Camilla is said to have brought that up after meeting the prince at a polo match in the early 1970s.
"My great-grandmother was your great-great-grandfather's mistress, so how about it?" she is reported to have told the prince.
But he sailed off with the Royal Navy without cementing their relationship. In his absence, she married Andrew Parker Bowles.
In 1981, the prince married 20-year-old Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral, a storybook wedding watched by thousands.
The young princess won the nation's heart, but she did not hold her husband's. Charles acknowledged years later that he had broken his marriage vows after the marriage deteriorated and despite his and Diana's efforts to save it.
"There were three of us in that marriage," Diana said later — but she admitted affairs of her own.
Many Britons took Diana's view, vilifying Parker Bowles as a royal home-wrecker.
Charles and Diana were divorced in 1996, a year after the Parker Bowles' marriage dissolved.
After Diana's death in 1997, Charles and Parker Bowles cautiously began making their relationship public. Their first public appearance together came in 1999; the first public kiss in 2001. In February, the prince and Parker Bowles announced that they would wed.
The wedding faced a series of obstacles, including the debate over what title Parker Bowles would take.
Charles and Parker Bowles initially planned to marry at Windsor Castle but were forced to choose the decidedly more downscale town hall. Then the queen decided not to attend the civil ceremony, immediately prompting rumors of a royal snub, although she agreed to be present at the blessing ceremony and host the reception.
Speculation later surfaced about whether the wedding would be legal. But the registrar general dismissed a series of objections and the government's chief legal adviser said there were no legal obstacles.
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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were married Saturday at the 17th century Guildhall, capping a decades-long love affair that lasted through the prince's first marriage to Princess Diana.
The couple emerged from Guildhall to the cheers of onlookers and a jazz band playing, "Congratulations." They drove to Windsor Castle in a Rolls-Royce for a blessing ceremony at St. George's Chapel to be attended by Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and conducted by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
Many of the wedding guests, including Charles' sons William and Harry, were driven to the wedding in a rented bus. Parker Bowles' ex-husband, Andrew, also was among the fewer than 30 guests at the civil ceremony.
The bride wore an oyster silk basketweave coat with a herringbone stitch and a matching chiffon dress. She also wore a matching straw and lace hat with feather details.
Charles, in contrast to the military uniform he wore for his first wedding to Diana, was dressed in formal morning wear.
The hall was lined with Jasmine and Lily of the Valley — known to symbolize the return of happiness.
Waving Union Jack flags or raising banners honoring Diana, crowds lining the streets of the handsome riverside town of Windsor waited in chilly sunshine for the nuptials, which were postponed so Charles could attend Friday's funeral of Pope John Paul II in Rome.
"It's up to him who he marries," said Barbara Murray, 41, who camped overnight with her two daughters to stake out a vantage point to see the couple. "Whoever he chose wouldn't be the same as Diana."
Nearly eight years after Diana's death, some have bridled at accepting Camilla Parker Bowles as a future queen, seeing her relationship with Charles as the reason his first marriage fell apart.
"She broke up their marriage," said Yvonne Williams, 67, who raised a banner that read: "Long live the Queen, Diana Forever: King Charles, Queen Camilla — Never."
Security was very tight. In addition to sharpshooters on rooftops, plainclothes officers moved around in the crowd, dogs sniffed for bombs, and normally unarmed police carried handguns in the streets around Windsor Castle.
Thames Valley Police, responsible for security outside the castle, had 550 officers on duty and Scotland Yard, which is in charge inside the castle, had dozens more.
Parker Bowles technically will be the Princess of Wales — a title she wishes to avoid using, in deference to memories of Diana. Instead, she will be known as the Duchess of Cornwall.
When Charles takes the throne, Parker Bowles legally will be queen, but she wishes to be known as Princess Consort — a bow to opinion polls that show 70 percent of the population opposed to Queen Camilla.
On Friday, Prince Charles joined world leaders and hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at the funeral of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
Parker Bowles, meanwhile, met Friday with her couturier, milliner and cobbler — adding the finishing touches to her wedding day outfit, which was kept top secret.
In keeping with tradition, Parker Bowles spent Friday night at Clarence House, the London residence of the Prince of Wales, while Prince Charles spent the night at his country mansion in Gloucestershire, with his sons Princes William and Harry.
Parker Bowles, wearing a blue jacket, smiled and waved Saturday morning as she set out for Windsor, a riverside town 20 miles west of London.
Inside Windsor Castle's gates, tents were erected for the media, while every vantage point, from private balconies to the roof of a local liquor store, was converted into a temporary broadcast location.
Hotels were fully booked, and souvenir shops were doing a brisk trade in royal wedding mugs and tea towels.
Charles met Camilla Shand more than 30 years ago and discovered they shared a common love of rural life.
Her great-grandmother Alice Keppel had a love affair with King Edward VII, Charles' great-great-grandfather. The young Camilla is said to have brought that up after meeting the prince at a polo match in the early 1970s.
"My great-grandmother was your great-great-grandfather's mistress, so how about it?" she is reported to have told the prince.
But he sailed off with the Royal Navy without cementing their relationship. In his absence, she married Andrew Parker Bowles.
In 1981, the prince married 20-year-old Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral, a storybook wedding watched by thousands.
The young princess won the nation's heart, but she did not hold her husband's. Charles acknowledged years later that he had broken his marriage vows after the marriage deteriorated and despite his and Diana's efforts to save it.
"There were three of us in that marriage," Diana said later — but she admitted affairs of her own.
Many Britons took Diana's view, vilifying Parker Bowles as a royal home-wrecker.
Charles and Diana were divorced in 1996, a year after the Parker Bowles' marriage dissolved.
After Diana's death in 1997, Charles and Parker Bowles cautiously began making their relationship public. Their first public appearance together came in 1999; the first public kiss in 2001. In February, the prince and Parker Bowles announced that they would wed.
The wedding faced a series of obstacles, including the debate over what title Parker Bowles would take.
Charles and Parker Bowles initially planned to marry at Windsor Castle but were forced to choose the decidedly more downscale town hall. Then the queen decided not to attend the civil ceremony, immediately prompting rumors of a royal snub, although she agreed to be present at the blessing ceremony and host the reception.
Speculation later surfaced about whether the wedding would be legal. But the registrar general dismissed a series of objections and the government's chief legal adviser said there were no legal obstacles.
That´s what I read "Diana True story" book.
...that was a good one there 
I agree Peachlady wholeheartly 
