Charles, Prince of Wales, although not a monarch of England, is next in line to the throne. He engaged in an on-and-off affair with Camilla Parker Bowles starting from 1972 and later admitted that he had never loved his first wife, Lady Diana Spencer, whom he felt obligated to marry. This created a generally bad public image for Prince Charles, and public sentiment prevented him from marrying Camilla immediately after his divorce and Diana's death in 1997. However, public anger subsided, and after receiving the Queen's consent in 2005, they were finally married in a civil ceremony on 9 April 2005. Notably, Camilla is the great-granddaughter of Alice Keppel, one of Edward VII's mistresses.