NewsFebruary 23, 2005
Queen will not attend son's civil marriage ceremony
LONDON -- Buckingham Palace said Tuesday that Queen Elizabeth II would not attend the civil marriage ceremony of her son Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles -- but that her absence should not be interpreted as a snub. The monarch will attend the church blessing at Windsor Castle after the April 8 civil ceremony in the local town hall and will be hostess to the wedding reception at the castle...
The Associated Press
LONDON -- Buckingham Palace said Tuesday that Queen Elizabeth II would not attend the civil marriage ceremony of her son Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles -- but that her absence should not be interpreted as a snub.
The monarch will attend the church blessing at Windsor Castle after the April 8 civil ceremony in the local town hall and will be hostess to the wedding reception at the castle.
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"The queen will not be attending the civil ceremony because she is aware that the prince and Mrs. Parker Bowles wanted to keep the occasion low key," a palace spokeswoman said.
Charles, 56, divorced Princes Diana in 1996 and she died in a car accident the next year. Parker Bowles, 57, also is divorced, and her ex-husband is living.
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