The Mystery Of Charles' Wedding Guest List

Prince Charles did not invite his beloved yellow labrador, Harvey, to his wedding with Princess Diana because Diana resented anything to do with his previous life. Harvey was banished to live with an advisor.

Charles was still in love with Camilla

Charles and Camilla remained close friends even after her marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles in 1974. Diana was jealous and obsessed with Camilla, and although she initially did not know the extent of their relationship, she eventually discovered gifts exchanged between the two, including a gold chain bracelet with the letters G and F for "Gladys" and "Fred" — their nicknames.

Despite Diana's animosity towards Camilla, she looked for her in the audience as she walked down the aisle. Diana later told biographer Andrew Morton: "I knew she was in there, of course. I looked for her. So walking down the aisle, I spotted Camilla, pale gray, veiled pillbox hat, saw it all, her son Tom standing on a chair. To this day you know — vivid memory."

Camilla was his former girlfriend

Charles and Camilla's relationship began in the early 1970s, with the two meeting for the first time in 1970 or 1971 at a polo match. They dated, but Charles was sent off to sea for the Royal Navy, and the two ended their relationship. In 1973, Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles, and in 1981, Charles married Princess Diana. Despite their marriages, Charles and Camilla maintained a close friendship.

Camilla was Charles' former girlfriend, and the conventions of the time called for an heir to the British throne to marry a woman who was virginal or, at least, appeared to be. Camilla, however, had a history, and so Charles was forced to marry Diana. In fact, Charles received a letter from his father, Prince Philip, telling him to propose to Diana because her "reputation was on the line". Charles thought that Philip was issuing him an order, and he "wasn't in love" and "wasn't ready".

Diana was aware of Charles' previous relationship with Camilla, and she had developed serious animosity towards her husband's ex in the lead-up to her wedding. Diana's suspicions were confirmed when she found a bracelet with the initials 'GF' engraved on it, which stood for 'Girl Friday', Charles' nickname for Camilla. Diana also found an engraved necklace intended for Camilla while opening wedding gifts. Despite this, Camilla was invited to Charles and Diana's wedding, as her husband, Andrew Parker Bowles, played a significant role in the wedding procession. He was the Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, and he would oversee the ceremonial escort that accompanied the couple's carriage ride through London.

On her wedding day, Diana explicitly looked for Camilla in the audience as she walked down the aisle. "I knew she was in there, of course. I looked for her, " Diana told biographer Andrew Morton in 1991. "So walking down the aisle, I spotted Camilla, pale gray, veiled pillbox hat, saw it all, her son Tom standing on a chair. To this day you know — vivid memory."

Diana was jealous and obsessed with Camilla

Princess Diana was jealous and obsessed with Camilla Parker Bowles, the former girlfriend and later second wife of her husband, Prince Charles. In the lead-up to her wedding, Diana developed serious animosity towards Camilla, as she was suspicious and jealous, and she became obsessed with the idea that people were out to get her.

Diana explicitly looked for Camilla in the audience as she walked down the aisle on her wedding day. She later told biographer Andrew Morton:

> "I knew she was in there, of course. I looked for her. So walking down the aisle, I spotted Camilla, pale gray, veiled pillbox hat, saw it all, her son Tom standing on a chair. To this day you know — vivid memory."

Diana's obsession with Camilla continued throughout her marriage to Charles. She discovered gifts exchanged between the two, including a gold chain bracelet given to Camilla before the wedding, inscribed with their nicknames, 'Gladys' and 'Fred'. Diana also vetoed Charles' suggestion that Camilla's son, Tom, be in the wedding party.

Charles and Camilla remained close friends

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles remained close friends even after their romance in the early '70s. The future king knew that the palace disapproved of his former girlfriend as a potential wife, but the two continued to spend time together even after Camilla married in 1974.

Camilla was in attendance at Charles' wedding to Diana, and Diana explicitly looked for her in the audience as she walked down the aisle. Diana had developed serious animosity for Camilla, and was jealous and suspicious of her fiancé's ex. However, Charles and Camilla's friendship continued, and Charles admitted to rekindling his romance with Camilla after his marriage to Diana had "irretrievably broken down" in 1986.

Charles and Camilla eventually married in 2005, after Charles divorced Diana in 1996.

Charles and Camilla rekindled their romance after his marriage broke down

Prince Charles and Camilla Shand first met in 1972. Charles was "head over heels" for Camilla, but he was forced to marry Lady Diana Spencer, who was a virgin and appeared virginal, as was the convention at the time for an heir to the British throne. Charles was also pressured by his father, Prince Philip, to marry Diana as her "reputation was on the line".

Charles and Diana's marriage was ill-fated from the start, with the couple having little in common and Diana suffering from extreme symptoms of mental instability. Charles rekindled his romance with Camilla in 1986, after his marriage to Diana broke down. Their affair continued for much of his marriage to Diana, and Charles divorced Diana in 1996.

Charles and Camilla finally married in 2005, in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall.

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