Camilla wasn’t considered a suitable match for the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles and Camilla at a polo match in 1975. Even if Charles had wanted to settle down, he would have encountered those with serious doubts about whether Camilla was an appropriate bride for the heir to the throne.Read More →
When Prince Charles, current heir apparent to the British throne, becomes king, his wife, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, will become Queen. … Before Charles and Camilla’s wedding in 2005, it was announced that Camilla would be known as Princess Consort, not Queen, if and when Charles ascends to the throne.Read More →
morganatic marriage, legally valid marriage between a male member of a sovereign, princely, or noble house and a woman of lesser birth or rank, with the provision that she shall not thereby accede to his rank and that the children of the marriage shall not succeed to their father’s hereditaryRead More →
‘ Mrs Keppel, a cousin of the Duchess of Cornwall, denied having surgery but told how she had two operations last winter to get rid of a birthmark. ‘I had a little blue bumpy birthmark on the right-hand side of my bottom lip, which I had treated,’ she said. ‘LookingRead More →
The pair had to have a civil ceremony followed by a religious blessing – however, Queen Elizabeth didn’t attend the civil ceremony for ‘religious reasons‘. The marriage was going against church teachings, and so Lizzy didn’t want to be in the middle of it. What is the age difference betweenRead More →