How Prince Charles And Duchess Camilla’s Wedding Created ‘Torrid Time’ For Royal Family

Following Princess Diana’s death, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles waited almost eight years to get married. However, when they finally announced their plans to get married, it caused a difficult time for the palace.

According to a royal correspondent, the staff at Clarence House was overwhelmed by the unexpected events leading up to the couple’s wedding day. The obstacles forced the employees to scramble and make changes so the ceremony could take place.

In the book “William’s Princess,” Robert Jobson claimed his stories that were published in the Evening Standard forced the Palace to release a formal announcement about Prince Charles and Camilla’s wedding.

“The story bounced Clarence House into an ill-prepared damage limitation exercise. In the weeks that followed, the extent to which my revelation had caught them off-guard became woefully apparent,” he explained.

“The newspaper announcement marked the beginning of a torrid time for Clarence House officials, whose grasp on the finer points of arranging this particular royal wedding was exposed as being tennis at best – if not incompetent.”

Since Camilla was divorced, there were debates about whether the couple should be allowed to get married in a church. However, that wasn’t Clarence House’s only issue while dealing with the couple’s wedding plans.

“It was not long before the wedding plans were being dismissed as ‘a right royal shambles,’” Jobson revealed.

Leading up to the wedding, Queen Elizabeth announced she wouldn’t be attending, the couple lost their first choice of venue, Windsor Castle, and the public rallied against reports that Charles and Camilla would marry in a civil service ceremony.

Despite the setbacks, Prince Charles and Camilla married on April 9, 2005, at Windsor Guildhall.