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Camilla Parker Bowles married Prince Charles in a civil service in 2005. The two had been romantically involved for more than 25 years.
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Princess Diana - Her True Story
On June 7, 1992, Andrew Morton's book "Diana: Her True Story" was released. Diana had allowed herself to be tape recorded and confessed all of the details of her marriage, including her suicide attempts and Charles' affair with Camilla.
Princess Diana - Fighting for the Love of Prince Charles
After giving birth to Prince William, Diana became deeply unhappy with her marriage to Prince Charles. His mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles, was a member of Charles' inner circle and became the focus of his attention.
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Camilla Parker Bowles was born on July 17, 1947, in London, England. Her father was Vice Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex and she socialized with Britain’s royalty. She met Prince Charles in 1972. They married other people, but were romantically involved for 25 years. The public did not initially accept her, especially following Princess Diana’s death in 1997, but she married Prince Charles in 2005.
Early Life
Dutchess of Cornwall, wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne. Born Camilla Shand on July 17, 1947, in London, England. She grew up on a large country estate in Plumpton, Sussex, with her parents, Bruce and Rosalind Shand, and her two younger siblings. Her father, a successful wine merchant, was Vice Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex. From a very early age, Camilla Shand socialized with members of Britain's royal circles, attending the fashionable Queens Gate School in South Kensington before leaving for finishing schools in France and Switzerland.
Relationship with Prince Charles
In 1972, Shand met Charles, Prince of Wales, on the polo field at Windsor Great Park. The two began a romantic relationship that would continue for more than 25 years, though each would spend most of that time married to another person. Camilla married the cavalry officer Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973; they had two children, Thomas and Laura. At Charles's request, Camilla Parker Bowles helped him settle on a suitable wife, Lady Diana Spencer, whom the Prince wed in 1981. Over the years, the couple frequently stayed together at Charles's marital home, Highgrove, or at the Parker Bowles' Bodehyde Manor. By 1994, when an embarrassing news story forced Charles to acknowledge his adultery on British television, his relationship to Parker Bowles was well known to both their spouses as well as his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles divorced in January 1995; less than two years later, after a long separation, Charles and Diana announced their divorce.
At first, Prince Charles has struggled with efforts to legitimize his relationship with Parker Bowles both within the Royal family and among the entire British public. Princess Diana's immense popularity (and the public mourning after her death in 1997 in a car accident) made this a difficult task, as did Parker Bowles' "older woman" status and her less-than-Royal personal style. In January 1999, the couple appeared in public together for the first time, at Parker Bowles' sister's birthday party at the Ritz Hotel in London.
Marriage to Charles
Over the years, Camilla Parker Bowles' relationship with Prince Charles has gained acceptance from the general public. In 2005, Camilla Parker Bowles married Prince Charles on April 9 in a civil ceremony in Windsor. She was given the title "Dutchess of Cornwall" and will use the title of "Princess Consort" when Prince Charles becomes king.
Since then, the couple has become more public, and Camilla Parker Bowles often assists her husband in fulfilling his duties as prince.
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