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King Charles and Queen Camilla had two ceremonies on their wedding day and that meant two hats for the bride

Queen Camilla had not one but two royal wedding outfits for her marriage to King Charles III on April 9th 2005, and that meant two hats.Twenty years on, those style picks remain as classic as they did on the royal wedding day. For the civil ceremony, at the Guildhall in Windsor, Queen Camilla wore a cream coloured wide brimmed hat designed by one of her go to milliners, Philip Treacy.You…
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That's amore! King Charles and Queen Camilla add romantic touch to start of State Visit to Italy

The King and Queen might be getting ready for a crucial State Visit but they only had love on their minds as they touched down in Italy.King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Rome just days before they celebrate twenty years of marriage. And before any of the formalities began, the couple took a stroll in the late evening sunshine to pose for special portraits marking their…
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The little known rule that stopped King Charles and Queen Camilla marrying in their first choice venue

When King Charles & Queen Camilla announced their engagement in February 2005, they wasted no time in setting a date or venue for their marriage. They immediately told the world they would marry in April that year in a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle followed by a service of blessing at St. George’s Chapel later the same day. Yet just a week later, they had to move their civil marriage…
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The tragic Stuart king executed in the heart of Whitehall

Exactly 400 years ago this month, King James I of England died and his son, King Charles I, took the throne. In 1625, no one could have foreseen the bloody end to the new reign. King Charles I, the second Stuart monarch of England, strongly believed in the divine right of kings. He felt that he should be able to govern as he saw fit without parliament’s interference, including raising taxes…
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