King Charles and Queen Camilla had quite an eventful weekend last week in Scotland.
In case you missed it, the royal couple were spotted en route to church on a snowy Sunday morning, complete with big smiles and winter gear. The pair traveled by car, and while the queen, who donned a dark wool coat and a wide-brimmed hat, sat in the passenger seat, His Majesty looked on from the backseat, sporting a tweed jacket. But it wasn’t their attire or even their body language that caught my attention, but their destination.


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You see, the royals were headed to Crathie Kirk Church near Balmoral Castle, and royal enthusiasts may recall that this is the same church where King Charles’s sister, Princess Anne, wed former Royal Navy officer Timothy Laurence.


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The nuptials took place on December 12, 1992, which marked the king’s—formerly Prince Charles—25th birthday. Now, more than three decades later, and just a month after the Princess Royal’s wedding anniversary, I can’t help but think of the king’s revisit as a full-circle moment.


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This was the Princess Royal’s second wedding after she parted ways with Mark Phillips. However, the ceremony was a much smaller and private affair, with only about 30 guests in attendance. Following the ceremony, the newlyweds celebrated with everyone at Craigowan Lodge on the Balmoral estate.
In addition to Charles, the guest list included her children Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips, as well as her parents, the late Queen Elizabeth and the late Prince Philip. Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were also in attendance.
As for why the princess didn’t tie the knot in her home country, it was because the Church of England didn’t allow divorced people to get remarried. However, it was permitted at the Church of Scotland because they didn’t consider marriage to be a binding sacrament.
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