Camilla's Age at Marriage to Prince Charles
Camilla Parker Bowles was 34 years old when she married Prince Charles on 9 April 2005. Charles was 56 at the time, making the couple 22 years apart in age.
Early Relationship and Previous Marriage
Camilla first met Charles in 1971, when she was 16 and he was 23. They reconnected in the early 1970s and began a long-term relationship while both were married to other people. Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, and Camilla's first marriage ended in divorce in 1995.
Civil Ceremony and Title
The 2005 wedding was a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall, not a religious service in a cathedral. Camilla took the title Duchess of Cornwall rather than Princess of Wales. For more details on the wedding and official announcements, see the official Royal Family website royal.uk.
