By Marisa Laudadio
1:00pm PDT, Apr 11, 2024
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Upon the demise of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension of a newly named King Charles III, his second spouse acquired a brand new title: Camilla, Queen Consort. And upon her Could 6, 2023, coronation alongside her husband, she dropped the “Consort” and is now recognized merely — and controversially — as Queen Camilla. To mark this new royal period, we’re looking again at the very best pictures of the previous Camilla Parker Bowles, whom Charles has typically referred to as his “darling spouse,” within the 19 years since she exchanged vows with Charles within the wake of their scandal-sparking decades-long love affair, beginning with this snapshot…
Married finally! Prince Charles and his second spouse, who took the title Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall upon their marriage, left St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Citadel in Windsor, England, on April 9, 2005, after their wedding ceremony service of prayer and dedication, which adopted a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall earlier that day.
Preserve studying for extra pictures of Queen Camilla…
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Queen Camilla waved from the balcony at Buckingham Palace in London following her coronation alongside husband King Charles III on Could 6, 2023. She wore a robe designed for her by Bruce Oldfield, Queen Mary’s Crown and the diamond Coronation Necklace, which was additionally worn by the late Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation in 1953. The piece was commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by Garrard in 1853.
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Queen Camilla — carrying the George IV State Diadem — listened as husband King Charles III learn the King’s speech within the Home of Lords chamber in the course of the State Opening of Parliament, the primary of his reign, on the Homes of Parliament in London on Nov. 7, 2023.
The tiara is probably probably the most recognizable diadem ever worn by her mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II, in the course of the late monarch’s 70-year reign. Elizabeth wore this sparkler, also referred to as the Diamond Diadem, for the primary time in public at her personal first State Opening of Parliament in 1952 when she was a brand new queen however earlier than her coronation, in addition to on the carriage journey to most State Openings of Parliament earlier than exchanging it for the Imperial State Crown inside. The diadem can be seen on her head on British and Commonwealth coinage, banknotes and postage stamps.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was a golden woman from her blonde hair to her lace gown to her sneakers as she joined Prince Charles for a reception on the ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 3, 2005, the third day of an eight-day go to to the USA for the royal couple, six months after they married.
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A newlywed Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall borrowed the Delhi Durbar Tiara, which was made for Queen Mary in 1911, from mother-in-law Queen Elizabeth II to put on to a banquet for the Norwegian royal household marking 100 years of Norway’s independence from Sweden at Buckingham Palace in London on Oct. 25, 2005.
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Queen Consort Camilla wore a blue Bruce Oldfield gown, an Order of the Garter sash and Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order star — plus the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Belgian Sapphire Tiara and its coordinating necklace and bracelet — when she attended a state banquet honoring President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 22, 2022. It was the primary state go to hosted by the U.Ok. with King Charles III as monarch, and the primary state go to to Britain by a South African chief since 2010. It was additionally Camilla’s first tiara second as queen consort.
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Queen Consort Camilla glittered within the Greville Tiara and the late Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond fringe necklace as she arrived at a State Banquet at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin hosted by Germany’s president on March 29, 2023, on the primary day of her state go to to Germany with King Charles III — the primary worldwide state go to of his reign.
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Queen Camilla wore a daring peacock-print frock to fulfill kids and the aged at Fielding Main College in London’s Ealing neighborhood — the place she attended a tea social gathering and poetry recital as a part of the Poetry Collectively initiative — on Aug. 29, 2023.
She reportedly gushed that the poetry studying was “good” and “completely unimaginable.”
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Queen Consort Camilla was nonetheless the Duchess of Cornwall when she wore the Greville Tiara — a honeycomb-patterned sparkler from the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom’s personal assortment — to a dinner in the course of the Commonwealth Heads of Authorities Opening Ceremony in Sri Lanka on Nov. 15, 2013.
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In July 2022, Clarence Home launched this official seventy fifth birthday portrait of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, which was taken at her dwelling in Wiltshire, England, to mark her seventy fifth birthday on July 17, 2022.
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Only a few days after their wedding ceremony, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall opened the Monaltrie Play Space in Ballater, Scotland, on April 14, 2005.
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Queen Consort Camilla accepted a bouquet of flowers from well-wishers outdoors St. Mary Magdalene Church at King Charles III’s Sandringham property in Norfolk, England, on Dec. 25, 2022, the place they attended Christmas companies.
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Queen Camilla was photographed within the Inexperienced Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace in London carrying Queen Mary’s Crown and the Gown of Property — together with a coronation gown designed for her by Bruce Oldfield plus the diamond Coronation Necklace, which was additionally worn by the late Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation in 1953 after initially being commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by Garrard in 1853 — on this official coronation portrait launched on Could 8, 2023.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall — patron of the Nationwide Literacy Belief — smiled throughout her go to to Millbrook Main College in Newport, Wales, on July 6, 2022.
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Two months after Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall married Prince Charles, the newlyweds shared a uncommon second of PDA as they kissed on the Burberry Cup polo match at England’s Cirencester Polo Membership on June 17, 2005.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall ready to tuck right into a cupcake as she visited the British Legion’s Poppy Manufacturing facility in Richmond Upon Thames in London on Oct. 24, 2013.
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Six months after their wedding ceremony, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attended a banquet for the Norwegian royal household marking 100 years of Norway’s independence from Sweden at Buckingham Palace in London on Oct. 25, 2005. Preserve studying to see a close-up of her beautiful diamond tiara…
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Cheers! Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall loved a pint throughout a go to to the Irish Cultural Centre in London on March 15, 2022.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrived within the parade ring at Royal Ascot on the Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England, on June 14, 2016, carrying an enormous pink hat along with her beloved five-strand pearl necklace that includes an infinite pink topaz — reportedly a present from husband Prince Charles.
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Queen Consort Camilla fed carrots to a horse following a reception to thank the group of Aberdeenshire for his or her group and assist following the demise of Queen Elizabeth II on the Victoria & Albert Halls in Ballater, Scotland, on Oct. 11, 2022.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited the Cathedral Church of St. Michael and All Angels in Bridgetown, Barbados, on March 24, 2019.
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Duchess Kate and Prince William joined Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on the premiere of the James Bond movie “No Time to Die” on the Royal Albert Corridor in London on Sept. 28, 2021.
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Mad for plaid! Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attended the Braemar Highland Video games in Braemar, Scotland, on Sept. 2, 2006.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall posed with Welsh music star Tom Jones at The Prince’s Belief Worldwide Reception in Barbados on March 19, 2019.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall wore the beautiful Greville Tiara to the annual Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace in London on Dec. 5, 2017.
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Prince Charles and spouse Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall walked down the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on June 3, 2022, following the Nationwide Service of Thanksgiving on the second day of Platinum Jubilee celebrations honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign.
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President Donald Trump and first girl Melania Trump hosted a dinner at Winfield Home for Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall throughout their state go to to London on June 4, 2019.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall traveled down The Mall in a horse-drawn carriage after attending the state opening of Parliament in London on Could 27, 2015.
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Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall masked up throughout a go to to the Neue Wache Memorial to victims of struggle and tyranny in Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 15, 2020.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was dripping in square-cut emeralds — the necklace was reportedly a present from the Saudi royals — when she joined husband Prince Charles on the British Asian Belief reception in London on Feb. 9, 2022.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles wore korowai — Maori cloaks — after they visited Tuahiwi Marae in New Zealand on Nov. 22, 2019.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles shared some uncommon PDA after they smooched on the Queen’s Commonwealth Baton Relay on Oct. 30, 2017.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall flashed a smile in blue velvet throughout an occasion to nearly enhance the Clarence Home Christmas tree with kids from Helen and Douglas Home Hospice in London on Dec. 20, 2020, in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Prince Charles and spouse Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attended the Royal Ascot horse races in Ascot, England, on June 20, 2007.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attended the Royal Academy of Arts Summer season Exhibition Annual Dinner in London on June 2, 2015, carrying her mom’s household’s Cubitt Tiara — which she additionally wore when she married her first husband, British Military officer Andrew Parker Bowles — in 1973.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall flashed a smile as she departed from the Sovereign’s Entrance after attending the state opening of Parliament in London on Could 10, 2022.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall wore her favourite diadem — the Greville Tiara — to the state opening of Parliament in London on Could 18, 2016.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited the Belfast Welcome Centre throughout a visit to Northern Eire on Could 22, 2019.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall had formally been part of the royal household for six years when she joined her husband and his family members to pose for an official wedding ceremony portrait within the throne room at Buckingham Palace in London on April 29, 2011, following Prince William and Duchess Kate’s nuptials.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall regarded fairly in purple on the Commonwealth Day Observance service at London’s Westminster Abbey on March 13, 2017.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was fairly in pink — and a five-strand pearl necklace that includes an infinite pink topaz — whereas driving in a carriage in the course of the annual Trooping the Color occasion in London on June 14, 2014.
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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall posed alongside King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands earlier than a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London honoring the Dutch royals on Oct. 23, 2018.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was all smiles as she attended a reception and dinner on the Presidential Palace in Singapore on Oct. 31, 2017.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince William waved gloved arms at onlookers from their carriage in the course of the annual Trooping the Color celebrations marking the queen’s birthday in London on June 13, 2008.
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Sporting a navy blue hat embellished with feathers, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall joined Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to observe the fly-past on the balcony of London’s Buckingham Palace in the course of the annual Trooping the Color celebration on July 10, 2005 — her first because the Prince of Wales’s spouse.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited the Worldwide College at ParkCity in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Nov. 3, 2017, throughout a tour of Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and India with husband Prince Charles.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles posed outdoors the Akshardham Temple in Delhi on Nov. 8, 2013, in the course of the third day of their official royal go to to India.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall flashed a smile throughout a reception on the ambassador’s residence in Madrid on March 30, 2011, throughout a go to to Spain with husband Prince Charles.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was stunning in child blue as she arrived for the primary day of the Royal Ascot horse races at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England, on June 15, 2021.
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Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall — carrying her go-to Greville Tiara — waved from their chauffered automotive as they arrived at Buckingham Palace in London to attend a state banquet honoring the Spanish royals on July 12, 2017.
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Prince Charles escorted spouse Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall down the pink carpet on the world premiere of the James Bond movie “Skyfall” on the Royal Albert Corridor in London on Oct. 23, 2012.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall wore a necklace that includes purple quartz hearts — she borrowed the piece, which was a marriage present for Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mom on the event of her 1923 wedding ceremony — to match her purple velvet robe for the world premiere of the James Bond movie “Skyfall” on the Royal Albert Corridor in London on Oct. 23, 2012.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall regarded regal in navy blue as she arrived at a reception on the ambassador’s residence in Budapest, Hungary, on March 19, 2010, amid a three-day tour of Jap Europe with husband Prince Charles.