Camilla was banned from receiving wedding presents because of Diana

In the history of the royal family, remarrying after getting divorced was typically frowned upon, and while this perspective has shifted over time, it still caused complications in 2005 when Prince Charles and Camilla tied the knot.

Considering both of them had been previously married – Charles to Princess Diana and Camilla to Andrew Parker-Bowles – there were a certain number of ‘rules’ put in place to avoid any kind of ’embarrassment’ and added attention on their special day.

One of which was to ban wedding gifts.

According to the Mirror, the invitation read: ‘Wedding List: There will be no Wedding List,’ and this was due to the fact that when the Prince married Diana in 1981, the couple were left to deal with around 6000 gifts from the public.

Many of these gifts were bizarre and unwanted items, that reportedly had to be burned or given away to royal servants. So it’s understandable that the Prince wouldn’t want to deal with this situation a second time over.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle also requested no wedding gifts when they tied the knot in May 2018. Instead, the couple asked that their guests donate to one of their chosen charities.

Yet despite this, the couple still received millions of dollars worth of gifts from companies and the public which had to be returned due to the policy that prevents the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from being used for publicity.

Another rule which is common among royal wedding protocol, was to ban the use of mobile phones and cameras so that people can’t take personal photos and try to sell them.

Charles simply wanted his second wedding to remain low-key which is pretty hard to do when you’re next in line to the throne.

Yet to do so, the actual ceremony was held at the Windsor Guildhall, outside the grounds of Windsor Castle, rather than a traditional church, and the Queen did not attend – she only made an appearance later in the day for the formal church blessing of the marriage.

With all these ‘rules’ and barriers throughout their relationship, which first started in the early 1970s, the Duchess later admitted, “At one stage I didn’t think we were going to make it”

“It was a wonderful day,” she added according to the Mirror.

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