King Charles III, Queen Camilla celebrate 20th wedding anniversary in new photos

Royal duties call, but King Charles III and Queen Camilla ever person clip for romance.

The British monarch and his longtime partner, who observe their 20th wedding day connected Wednesday, marked the sentimental milestone connected Monday with a brace of portraits shared connected societal media. The photos, taken astatine Villa Wolkonsky successful Rome, travel amid the couple's four-day authorities sojourn to Italy, during which Charles is expected to code the Italian parliament.

The archetypal representation shows Charles, 76, and Camilla, 77, posing limb successful limb successful a lush outdoor area. In the 2nd image, Charles tin beryllium seen gazing lovingly astatine the queen consort portion they beryllium connected a factual ledge.

"As we statesman our archetypal sojourn to Italy arsenic King and Queen, we are truthful looking guardant to celebrating our twentieth wedding day successful specified a peculiar spot – and with specified fantastic people!", the mates captioned the photos connected Instagram. "A presto, Roma e Ravenna!"

The engagement marks Charles' 17th authoritative sojourn to Italy and his archetypal overseas travel this twelvemonth arsenic helium continues to acquisition attraction for an unspecified signifier of cancer. The king was concisely hospitalized successful precocious March aft experiencing broadside effects from his treatment.

Charles and Camilla volition walk their day gathering with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, aft which Charles volition present a code to parliament — the archetypal British monarch successful past to code a associated parliamentary league successful Italy.

How did King Charles III and Queen Camilla's romance begin?

Charles and Camilla met successful 1970 and contempt their connection, a marital narration didn't materialize astatine the clip owed to Camilla's less-than-royal credentials. The queen consort, formerly Camilla Shand, lacked an aristocratic bloodline and wasn't viewed arsenic "virginal" capable for a due courtship and relation arsenic a royal wife.

Although they moved connected to different romanticist interests (Charles with Princess Diana and Camilla with Andrew Parker Bowles), the brace rekindled their matter successful 1986 amid Charles' failing matrimony to Diana.

Public sentiment toward Camilla soured implicit time, successful ample portion due to the fact that the precocious Princess of Wales blamed Camilla for the breakup of her matrimony to Charles.

Royal ungraded notwithstanding, Charles and Camilla joined connected April 9, 2005, 8 years aft Diana died successful a Paris car crash. Camilla took the rubric Duchess of Cornwall astatine clip and aboriginal transitioned to the Queen Consort aft Charles was crowned king successful 2023.

Take a look astatine their emotion communicative implicit the years.

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April 2005: Charles and Camilla wed astatine St George's Chapel successful Windsor Castle

March 2009: Charles and Camilla observe Hindu festival Holi astatine London school

March 2013: Charles and Camilla sojourn Nizwa Fort successful Sultanate of Oman

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April 2017: Charles and Camilla instrumentality a stroll successful Florence, Italy

May 2021: Charles and Camilla sojourn Prince of Wales pub

July 2024: Charles and Camilla look astatine authorities opening of Parliament successful London

Contributing: Andrea Mandell and Maria Puente, USA TODAY; Staff and ligament reports; Crispian Balmer and Sam Tabahriti, Reuters

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