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British Royals

Queen Camilla pulls a style surprise and wears her wedding dress as she and King Charles celebrate special anniversary

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9th April 2025

Queen Camilla has worn her wedding dress to mark a very special date – the 20th anniversary of her marriage to King Charles.

The Queen arrived at the Italian Parliament in the cream coloured coat dress during her State Visit to the country.

Her Majesty selected the outfit for an historic moment as The King became the first British Monarch to address both houses of the Italian Parliament.

Queen Camilla, in her wedding dress, enjoyed an ice cream as part of her anniversary celebrations
(Royal Family/ Instagram still/ fair use)

The wedding dress was designed by Anna Valentine. It was worn by The Queen for the civil marriage ceremony which took place at Windsor Guildhall on April 9th 2005.

The dress was one of two wedding outfits worn by Queen Camilla in 2005
(You Tube stills/ fair use)

On her wedding day, Queen Camilla also wore a cream coloured Philip Treacy hat. However, that was left behind for her Italian outing and the coat dress had been slightly changed for its reappearance, twenty years on from the wedding, with gold embroidery added by Beth Somerville of The King’s Foundation.

Following the civil wedding ceremony, Queen Camilla changed into a blue and gold full length coat dress, also designed by Anna Valentine, for the blessing ceremony at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.

Queen Camilla wore her wedding dress for an historic visit to Italy’s parliament
(Senate TV still/ fair use)

King Charles and Queen Camilla’s twentieth has also been celebrated in that very modern royal manner, with social media posts. As the big day dawned, the official Royal Family account shared a photo montage of the couple, set to ‘How sweet it is to be loved by you’.

At Changing of the Guard, the band also made a nod to the special day by playing ‘It Must be Love’ by Madness.

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Lydia Starbuck is Jubilee and Associate Editor at Royal Central and the main producer and presenter of the Royal Central Podcast and Royal Central Extra. Lydia is also a pen name of June Woolerton who is a journalist and writer with over twenty years experience in TV, radio, print and online. Her latest book, A History of British Royal Jubilees, is out now. Her new book, The Mysterious Death of Katherine Parr, will be published in March 2024. June is an award winning reporter, producer and editor. She's appeared on outlets including BBC 5 Live, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Local Radio and has also helped set up a commercial radio station. June is also an accomplished writer with a wide range of material published online and in print. She is the author of two novels, published as e-books. She is also a marriage registrar and ceremony celebrant.