KING Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles tied the knot in 2005, years after their relationship first began.

It was a day she didn’t think they were going to make – and when they did, the royal celebration was shrouded by ‘rules’.

It emerged that Charles wanted things to run as smoothly as possible, especially considering the controversy surrounding their relationship. 

Alongside phones and cameras being prohibited at the royal ceremony, wedding gifts were also banned. 

The invitation stated: “Wedding List: There will be no Wedding List.”

When the then-Prince of Wales married Camilla, they were a couple in their fifties who had both been through divorces.

It is thought Charles wanted to avoid the embarrassment of receiving thousands of unwanted gifts when the pair’s life together was already firmly established. 

After his nuptials with Princess Diana in 1981, Charles reportedly burned and gave away many of the 6,000 presents they received – including matching ‘his and hers’ blue and pink toothbrushes.

Diana’s former butler, Paul Burrell, further revealed that some of the wedding gifts were given to royal servants.

Receiving thousands of wedding gifts – some often bizarre – isn’t out of the ordinary in the Royal Family.

When Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip in 1947, the pair received a mink coat, a race horse, a 22 centuries old gold necklace and countless travelling rugs. 

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s wedding list in 1986 was reported to have totalled an eye-watering £1.5 million.

Prince Edward’s wedding list was alleged to have an antique table and chairs worth £100,000, a silver tea service for £42,000, a 26-piece dinner service at £13,580 and a Bang & Olufsen hi-fi worth £10,350.

It wasn’t until two years after Diana’s tragic death in 1997 that Charles and Camilla stepped out publicly as a couple.

In 1999, after throwing a party for Camilla’s sister at The Ritz in London, the pair were photographed together as an item.

But following public outrage, they decided to lay low with their romance. 

Camilla described the backlash as “hell” and something she “wouldn’t wish on her worst enemy.”

In fact, Camilla waited until 2000 to meet the Queen and the couple didn’t share the first kiss in public until 2001.

In 2003 the couple moved into their current home of Clarence House and two years later they announced their engagement.