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May 5, 2023 · 1972: Charles and Camilla first become romantically involved, with the young prince wooing her at polo matches in Windsor. They strengthen their relationship with weekends at Broadlands, the...
- Prince Charles and Camilla Meet
- Prince Charles and Camilla Split
- Camilla Marries Andrew Parker Bowles
- 1978-1979: Prince Charles and Camilla Begin An Affair
- Prince Charles Begins Dating Princess Diana
- Prince Charles and Camilla Begin Another Affair
- December 9, 1992: Prince Charles and Princess Diana Announce Their Separation
- June 1994: Prince Charles Admits to Cheating on Princess Diana
- January 11, 1995: Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles Divorce
- February 28, 1996: Princess Diana and Prince Charles Agree to Divorce
Prince Charles met Camilla in 1970 when they were introduced by a mutual friend, Lucia Santa Cruz. In The Duchess: The Untold Story, author Penny Junor wrote that Charles was immediately smitten. "He loved the fact that she smiled with her eyes as well as her mouth, and laughed at the same silly things as he did," Junor wrote. "He also liked that s...
In 1971, Prince Charles joined the Royal Navy, and the grueling schedule and time away from home put his relationship with Camilla in turmoil. Further complicating their romance was that Camilla didn't meet royal prerequisites for marrying the heir to the throne: Reports claimed she wasn't a virginand she didn't have an aristocratic bloodline. Char...
While Prince Charles was in the Caribbean serving in the Royal Navy, Camilla got engaged to Parker Bowles — incidentally, a former boyfriend of Prince Charles' younger sister Princess Anne. They married in 1973, devastating Charles, who reportedly tried to stopCamilla from marrying Parker Bowles. "It seemed to him particularly cruel, he wrote in on...
According to Junor, Prince Charlesand Camilla reignited their physical relationship around 1978 or 1979 — and Camilla's husband was said to be fully aware of what was happening. "Andrew was in no position to complain; and when he discovered what was going on, he wisely didn't make a fuss," Junor wrote in The Duchess: The Untold Story. "Some would s...
Despite his relationship with Camilla, Prince Charles began courtingLady Diana Spencer in 1980. Born into an aristocratic family, Diana was more suited to wed the heir to the throne, according to royal family traditions and beliefs. Though Prince Charles was dating Diana, he and Camilla were still quite close. Camilla and Diana were both spotted at...
Prince Charles and Camilla reportedly began seeing one another again in 1986, despite both of them being married with children. In recordings she made for author Andrew Morton's Diana: Her True Story, Princess Diana recalled calling Camilla out for her affair with Charles. "I was terrified of her ... I said, 'I know what's going on between you and ...
Prince Charles and Princess Dianaannounced their separation on Dec. 9, 1992. At the time, Buckingham Palace said that there were no imminent plans to divorce and that the estranged couple would still occasionally attend royal events together.
In an interview with ITV, Prince Charles was asked if he tried to be "faithful and honorable" to Princess Diana when they married. As his affair with Camilla had already been exposed to the public, Prince Charlesreplied, "Yes … until it became irretrievably broken down, us both having tried." He also said of Camilla, "Mrs. Parker Bowles is a great ...
On Jan. 11, 1995, Camilla and Parker Bowles announced their plans to divorce. The pair said in a statement that they lived apart for two years before deciding to split permanently, adding, "There is little of common interest between us." Speculation of a divorce between Charles and Diana went into full force following Camilla and Parker Bowles' ann...
In February 1996, Princess Diana announced she agreed to Prince Charles' request for a divorce. Negotiations continued for several months, and they reached a settlement agreement in July 1996. On Aug. 28, 1996, their divorce was finalized. One year later, Princess Diana diedin a car crash.
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Feb 6, 2022 · They met and fell in love in their early twenties, enjoying a “blissful” 18-month romance in which the young Prince Charles pursued Camilla with elaborately worded love notes and late-night telephone chats. Why, then, did he end up marrying Lady Diana Spencer instead?
May 7, 2023 · When Prince Philip married Queen Elizabeth II in 1947, he was given the titles of Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich. Unlike Camilla, he was not crowned at his spouse's 1953 ...
May 5, 2023 · Prince Harry and Prince William — just 12 and 15 years old, respectively — walked behind her cortège alongside Charles, Diana’s brother Earl Charles Spencer and Prince Philip.
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Apr 13, 2021 · Prince Philip and his firstborn, Charles, had a fraught relationship but they grew closer in his final years. (Instagram: The Royal Family)
Nov 15, 2020 · What to know about the real-life relationships between Prince Charles, Princess Diana, and Camilla Parker Bowles.
