![The Prince of Wales and his new bride, the Duchess of Cornwall, are pictured in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle after their wedding ceremony, April 9, 2005 in Windsor, England (Hugo Burnand/Pool/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla01.jpg?resize=1200%2C788&ssl=1)
On Sunday, King Charles III and Queen Camilla celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary. Today, we’re looking back at the jewels that Camilla wore for their engagement and their wedding ceremonies.
![The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles arrive for a party at Windsor Castle after announcing their engagement earlier in the day, 10 February 2005 (ARTHUR EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla02.jpg?resize=1200%2C2157&ssl=1)
Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles on February 10, 2005. The couple celebrated with a party that evening at Windsor Castle.
![Camilla Parker Bowles arrives with the Prince of Wales for a party at Windsor Castle after announcing their engagement earlier in the day, 10 February 2005 (JOHN STILLWELL/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla03.jpg?resize=1200%2C2004&ssl=1)
Camilla arrived for the party wearing a red evening gown, accessorized with her favorite pearl drop earrings and a three-stranded pearl necklace with a diamond and amethyst clasp. She also wore her new engagement ring on her left hand.
![Camilla Parker Bowles arrives with the Prince of Wales for a party at Windsor Castle after announcing their engagement earlier in the day, 10 February 2005 (JOHN STILLWELL/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1865&ssl=1)
ITN called it “a ring worth waiting for.” Camilla revealed to reporters that Charles got down on one knee to present her with the eight-carat emerald-cut diamond, which is flanked by six diamond baguettes and set in platinum. Reportedly dating to the 1920s, the ring was from the jewelry collection of Charles’s beloved grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
The ring isn’t, however, the Queen Mum’s own engagement ring. She received a sapphire ring from the future King George VI when he proposed. Later in life, the sapphire ring was replaced with a pearl. Camilla’s ring is another diamond ring from the Queen Mother’s extensive jewel collection. She wears it in the photograph above (taken in the 1980s) with the Greville Peardrop Earrings and Queen Alexandra’s Wedding Necklace.
![Camilla Parker Bowles arrives with the Prince of Wales for a party at Windsor Castle after announcing their engagement earlier in the day, 10 February 2005 (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1856&ssl=1)
Here’s another view of the ring from the engagement party. The emerald-cut diamond isn’t one that exactly sparkles. It sort of glows in the right light instead.
![The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall leave the Guildhall in Windsor after their civil wedding ceremony, 9 April 2005 (AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla06.jpg?resize=1200%2C1755&ssl=1)
On April 9, 2005, Charles and Camilla were married in a civil ceremony at the Guildhall in Windsor. The wedding was witnessed by Prince William (now Prince of Wales) and Tom Parker Bowles. Camilla wore a cream-colored ensemble by Robinson Valentine for the wedding with a coordinating hat by Philip Treacy. The couple exchanged wedding bands made of Welsh gold by Wartski.
![The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall leave the Guildhall in Windsor after their civil wedding ceremony, 9 April 2005 (ROTA/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla10.jpg?resize=1200%2C2105&ssl=1)
Camilla’s jewelry for the civil ceremony was set with diamonds and pearls.
![The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall leave the Guildhall in Windsor after their civil wedding ceremony, 9 April 2005 (TIM OCKENDEN/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla08.jpg?resize=1200%2C1720&ssl=1)
She wore her favorite pair of earrings, which feature a diamond floral button stud and a pearl drop.
![The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall leave the Guildhall in Windsor after their civil wedding ceremony, 9 April 2005 (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla09.jpg?resize=1200%2C1613&ssl=1)
She pinned a small brooch to the lapel of her jacket. It features Prince of Wales Feathers set in diamonds and gathered by a gray pearl and diamond cluster. She has had the brooch in her collection since the 1990s.
![The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall leave the Guildhall in Windsor after their civil wedding ceremony, 9 April 2005 (Georges De Keerle/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1707&ssl=1)
She also wore a diamond tennis bracelet on her left wrist.
![The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall stand in front of Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, during the Service of Prayer and Dedication in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle after their civil wedding, 9 April 2005 (CHRIS ISON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla12.jpg?resize=1200%2C1980&ssl=1)
Later that afternoon, the couple’s marriage was blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in a service held at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.
![The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are seen during their wedding blessing at Windsor Castle's St. George's Chapel in Windsor, 9 April 2005 (CHRIS YOUNG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla13.jpg?resize=1200%2C1544&ssl=1)
The service of prayer and dedication was attended by 800 guests, including Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as well as all of the other senior members of the royal family. Several foreign royal guests were also in attendance, including members of the royal families of Norway, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Greece, Romania, and Yugoslavia (Serbia).
![The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are pictured as they St George's Chapel in Windsor, England, following the church blessing of their civil wedding ceremony, 9 April 2005 (ALASTAIR GRANT/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla11.jpg?resize=1200%2C1689&ssl=1)
For the church blessing, the Duchess of Cornwall wore a lovely blue and gold ensemble, also made by Robinson Valentine.
![The Prince of Wales and his new bride, the Duchess of Cornwall, are pictured in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle after their wedding ceremony, April 9, 2005 in Windsor, England (Hugo Burnand/Pool/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla14.jpg?resize=1200%2C1592&ssl=1)
The coat, in shades of gold and soft blue, was worn over a lightweight chiffon dress. Her coordinating gold feather headpiece was another Philip Treacy design.
![The Duchess of Cornwall arrives at St. Georges Chapel in Windsor Castle after her civil wedding to the Prince of Wales, 9 April 2005 (MARTIN HAYHOW/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla16.jpg?resize=1200%2C2110&ssl=1)
She carried a beautiful bouquet of spring flowers picked from the gardens at the Prince of Wales’s Highgrove estate. The bouquet included roses, daffodils, jasmine, lily of the valley, camellias, and hydrangeas.
![The Duchess of Cornwall leaves St. George's Chapel in Windsor following the church blessing of her marriage to the Prince of Wales, 9 April 2005 (ALASTAIR GRANT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla15.jpg?resize=1200%2C1660&ssl=1)
Camilla’s jewelry for the blessing was set with diamonds. She chose a pair of antique diamond floral earrings for the service. The same earrings were worn by her daughter, Laura, for her wedding in 2006.
![The Duchess of Cornwall meets the crowd following a Service of Prayer and Dedication for her marriage to the Prince of Wales at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on April 9, 2005 in Berkshire, England (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla17.jpg?resize=1200%2C1824&ssl=1)
She also wore a diamond bracelet on her right wrist.
![The Duchess of Cornwall carries her bouquet as she leaves a blessing at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle after her civil wedding to the Prince of Wales, 9 April 2005 (TOBY MELVILLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-0409-01-camilla18.jpg?resize=1200%2C1055&ssl=1)
And here’s a glimpse of her engagement ring and her new gold wedding band.
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