A timeline of King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla’s complicated relationship

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“Wedding of the Century.”Following the Princess of Wales’ death in 1997, Charles and Camilla — nicknamed “the double Cs,” as well as “Fred and “Gladys” — began to pursue their relationship in public.The couple finally wed in 2005 — and the rest is history.Following Queen Elizabeth’s death in September 2022, Charles became King and his wife has stayed by his side, effectively becoming his co-monarch.

But before the twosome lived happily ever after as a married couple, they pursued a decadeslong extra-marital romance.Their affair seemingly mirrored the past, as Camilla was actually not the first person to have an illicit rendezvous with a royal in her family.Her great-great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, was the mistress of his great-great-grandfather King Edward VII, from 1898 until Edward’s death in 1910.

Keppel was just 29 years old and King Edward VII was 57 when they started their love affair.Tina Brown described the relationship between Keppel and Queen Victoria’s oldest son in her book “The Palace Papers,” emphasizing that the socialite was much younger than the monarch. “The royal mistress gene was in [Camilla’s] blood: Her great-grandmother Alice Keppel was for 12 years, until his death, a chief favorite of King Edward VII,” Brown wrote.However, despite events of the past, Charles and Camilla have often gushed about their love for each other over the years.“I count on the loving help of my darling wife, Camilla.

In recognition of her own loyal public service since our marriage 17 years ago, she becomes my Queen Consort,” he said in his first speech to the United Kingdom as head of state on Sept.