Charles and Camilla, the King and Queen of PDA: From a loving kiss to an arm around the shoulder and even a pat on the bum, pictures show how the monarch and his wife have shown their love for one another
Since they married in 2005, after years of intense public attention and even criticism, Charles and Camilla have been each other’s pillars of support.
Now king and queen, they are a couple who share a deep love born out of adversity.
And that romance is often made public: a loving kiss, an arm around the shoulder or even a pat on the bum.
Charles, who calls Camilla “my dear wife”, has relied more than ever on the Queen’s support this year as he continues his cancer treatment.
Below are photos of the times they didn’t shy away from cute PDAs.
Charles puts a loving arm around Camilla as she celebrates her birthday during their visit to Exmoor National Park to mark the 70th anniversary of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, July 17, 2019
King of romance! Charles greets Camilla with a tender kiss during a visit to Merlion Park in Singapore in 2017. It was at the start of their 11-day trip to Southeast Asia and India and the couple had not seen each other for a few days
Camilla lends a helping hand to Charles as he climbs the steps to look at an Apache helicopter during a visit to Wattisham Airfield in Ipswich, 2009, where Charles presented service medals to members of the 4th Regiment Army Air Corps
The new King Charles places an encouraging hand on Camilla’s back as the couple view flowers and tributes laid outside Buckingham Palace following the death of Queen Elizabeth, September 2022
Camilla gently places her hand on Charles’s at a reception to mark Cardiff’s 50th anniversary as a capital and centenary as a city, July 2005. The ceremony took place just three months after the couple were married.
A guiding hand from Queen Camilla on the King’s back marked the end of the three-day state visit of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan to the United Kingdom in late June this year
A giggling Camilla and Charles have the biggest smiles on their faces during a game of bowling in Bromham, Wiltshire in 2020. The couple had just reunited after Camilla was forced to self-isolate on the Balmoral estate
The King helps Camilla, dressed in a long blue coat and carrying a beige handbag, to disembark from the flight deck of HMS Iron Duke in Bordeaux during the couple’s state visit to France, September 2023
A tearful Camilla, in an elegant dark polka-dotted jacket and skirt, holds her husband’s hand during the funeral of her brother Mark Shand at a church in Dorset, May 2014
Camilla is spotted patting His Majesty on the bum during their visit to Nairobi National Park, November 2023. The fleeting display of affection was captured on camera and posted on social media
Camilla places a loving hand on Charles’ arm in the Bundestag in Berlin during their state visit to Germany, March 2023. They traveled to Berlin, Brandenburg and Hamburg over the three days