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I'm definitely not a royalist and I think what has transpired with this pair over the last 25 years is despicable, a "brood-mare" marriage between him and Diana and the typical royal attitude of having a wife for the heirs and a mistress for the frolics. HOWEVER, I almost admire Charles for standing up to his mother, at long last, and making an honest woman of the (now) future queen.

I am cynical enough to believe that he felt marriage was the only option, when his future job-description includes the title "Defender of the Faith", because the world and its wife knew all about Camilla but I think HMQ would have preferred Camilla to be kept on the periphery. What mother doesn't go to her son's wedding unless she disapproves of the occasion?

Anyway, for all that, Camilla looked lovely today - who wouldn't with the ££££s at her disposal? - and I have the feeling they will have a very happy and successful marriage. It's a very different world, now, from the time when the Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson and the Establishment (in particular the Queen Mother) refused to accept her.