LONDON (AP) – The heir to the British throne and his consort, Camilla, are celebrating 10 years of marriage – a decade in which Camilla’s public image has gone from aristocratic home-wrecker to admired addition to the royal family.
Prince Charles and Camilla are celebrating Thursday’s anniversary privately at the royals’ Balmoral estate in Scotland.
They married on April 9, 2005, in a modest town-hall ceremony lacking the pageantry of Charles’ 1981 wedding to Princess Diana – an extravaganza watched by millions around the world.
After Diana died in a 1997 car crash, Charles renewed his relationship with former love Camilla Parker Bowles.
Some Britons were cool to a woman some blamed for splitting Charles and Diana. But Camilla’s charity work and down-to-earth humor have made her a popular figure.