Timeline: Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles

Charles and Camilla announce their engagement in February. The wedding, a civil ceremony, is to take place on April 8. The ceremony is moved to April 9 so that Prince Charles can attend the funeral of John Paul II.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams stated on 2/10/05, "These arrangements have my strong support and are consistent with Church of England guidelines concerning remarriage, which the Prince of Wales fully accepts as a committed Anglican and as prospective Supreme Governor of the Church of England."

However, there are those that claim the royal couple can't marry anywhere but at a church under a section of the 1836 Marriage Act.

Preparations

On 10 February 2005, it was announced that Camilla Parker Bowles and the Prince of Wales would marry on 8 April 2005, at Windsor Castle with a civil service followed by religious prayer.

After the engagement announcement, the couple were congratulated by Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh; the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams; the Prime Minister, Tony Blair; the Leader of the Opposition, Michael Howard; the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy; the Leader of the House of Commons, Peter Hain; and the various heads of Government of Commonwealth countries.

Wedding  

The wedding took place at the Guildhall in Windsor 12.30pm BST (12:30 UTC) 9 April 2005. Crowds had gathered on the streets since dawn ahead of the service. A civil ceremony was planned because of controversy within the Church of England regarding the remarriage of divorces. This was attended by all the senior royals apart from the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

"The Duke of Edinburgh and I are very happy that the Prince of Wales and Mrs Parker Bowles are to marry "

The Queen