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Mar 22, 2024 · Here is a timeline of their dramatic relationship. King Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles met for the first time in 1970 at a polo match and started dating. They broke things off when Charles...
Apr 9, 2024 · After Charles left for his naval duties, Camilla rekindled her relationship with Andrew Parker Bowles, whom she’d first met at a party in 1965. The two married on July 4, 1973.
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May 5, 2023 · It’s an upcoming scene that decades ago felt not just improbable but impossible: Charles was amid a messy divorce from Princess Diana, in large part spurred on by his long-term affair with...
- 1970: Charles and Camilla meet. Camilla Shand was 23 when she met the eligible British heir, 22, at a polo match in 1970, just one year after Charles’ investiture as the Prince of Wales.
- 1973: Camilla marries another. While Charles was away, Camilla resumed a relationship with a former beau, Andrew Parker Bowles. The British Army major, who’d also briefly dated Charles’ sister, Princess Anne, became engaged to Camilla in 1973.
- 1978: A friendship (and maybe more) thrives between Charles and Camilla. Camilla’s marriage to Parker Bowles didn’t end her friendship with Charles. The two continued to be seen in public, and as the years went on their friendship deepened.
- 1981: Charles marries Diana. In what was dubbed the wedding of the century, the Prince of Wales married Diana on July 29, 1981. The young and popular princess seemed a perfect match for Charles, complete with an aristocratic pedigree that Camilla lacked.
Mar 1, 2023 · On July 4, 1973, Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles—who had previously dated Charles's sister, Princess Anne. Although Charles didn't attend, his sister, the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret were there to watch Camilla become Mrs. Parker Bowles, according to the BBC.
Nov 17, 2020 · Parker Bowles had been away with his regiment in 1972, but he rekindled his relationship with Camilla while Charles was off with the Royal Navy.
In July of 1973, Camilla wed Andrew Parker Bowles. (Fun fact; The army cavalry officer had previously dated Charles’ younger sister, Princess Anne). The newlyweds would go on to have a son and a ...
