The story is familiar to all, but continues to fascinate, even thrill, after so long with the approval of the Crown and especially the British. From love at first sight to coronation, look back in 53 years in pictures of a love story that defied storms.
On August 28, 1996, when the London court finally recorded his divorce from Lady Dee, Charles became the most hated man in England. The British vow that they will never forgive the heir to the throne for causing Diana, the “princess of hearts” (or, as you choose, “the people’s princess”), to suffer so much. Nor would they accept the one whom Diana had nicknamed “the Rottweiler” and whom they saw as a husband-stealing and evil stepmother, the so-called Camilla Parker Bowles.
And yet… Twenty-eight years have passed since that day in the summer of 1996. time has taken its toll, and the cursed couple, who celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary this Tuesday, April 9, have managed to regain their image. Through established communicative operations, of course, but also through bursts of laughter and spontaneous glances that betray an unwavering complicity.
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Revenge of the King
Married since they were knighted by the people on April 9, 2005, and by Elizabeth II until her death, Charles and Camilla have shared their perfect love in broad daylight since their first public appearance together in 1999. Anointing. Saturday, May 6, 2023. , the couple was consecrated side by side in London’s Westminster Abbey. Charles III was (finally) crowned king, but above all Camilla became queen. The one who was originally supposed to hold the title of “princess husband” only after her husband ascended the throne. The revenge of a long impossible love.
The couple once again found themselves in a storm following Charles III’s cancer announcement on February 5th and Kate Middleton’s cancer announcement on March 22nd. During the Easter service, which was celebrated on Sunday March 31, Camilla wore a green outfit to support the sovereign in his first public appearance since the revelations about his illness. The symbol of “new beginning”.
Source: Le Figaro
