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Camilla and Captain Andrew Parker Bowles Wed at the Guards Chapel

On July 4, 1973, 26-year-old Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles in a Roman Catholic wedding at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks. The duchess's dress was designed by Bellville Sassoon, and 800 guests were in attendance, including Princess Anne, the Queen, and Princess Margaret. Andrew was a powerful British Army officer who first met Camilla eight years earlier at her debutante party. Though the two weren't always a couple — Andrew also dated Charles's younger sister, Princess Anne, and Camilla, of course, dated Charles — Andrew and Camilla reconnected when Charles left for the Royal Navy, and they got engaged soon after.