King Charles news: Charles and Queen Camilla treated to a special musical performance to mark their 20th wedding anniversary at church service

King Charles and Queen Camilla have been treated to a special musical performance to mark their 20th wedding anniversary.

The couple’s milestone fell on April 9, during a state visit to Italy.

Upon their return to the UK the King and Queen attended a church service at Crathie Kirk near Balmoral in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on April 13.

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A new piece of music entitled ‘The Weather of My Being’ had been created for the couple by Professor Paul Melor who has written music for a number of royal events including for King Charles’ coronation in 2023.

The new piece was performed by St John’s Festival Choir during the hour-long service.

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Charles, 76, and Camilla, 77, waved to royal followers who had gathered outside the church. They were handed a hand-written manuscript of the new music before entering the church.

King Charles was wearing a tweed jacket and tartan kilt with Queen Camilla dressed in a blue coat with a matching tartan lapel and red hat.

Professor Mealor explained he “set great poetry to music” for the couple’s anniversary to combine the King’s love of music with the Queen’s love of literature.

“So I wrote it, and then sent it to them, and then they said, ‘Why not perform it now, just literally after the wedding anniversary?'” BBC reports the composer as saying.

“So we had the premiere today at the service, which was very powerful”.

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Following the service Professor Mealor was asked about the royal couple’s reaction and he said: “They were beaming, it was very nice, and they thanked me very much at the end.”

He added that they were “very touched” to have been given the manuscript of the new piece.

The piece of music was made up of a total of three anniversary songs, the first to a poem by Daniel Hoffman which compared love to the seasons.

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The second was a setting of words from the Bible’s Song of Solomon about the desire for a profound and unwavering love while reflecting the couple’s faith.

The third and final song was a setting of Robert Burns’ famous poem A Red Red Rose, reflecting on the Queen’s love and support of literature and reading.

The latter was also a nod to the couple’s love of Scotland where they celebrated their honeymoon in 2005.

Queen Camilla commented on her marriage’s longevity during the couple’s Italy trip

Camilla said what makes their marriage work is “laughing at the same things”, The Mirror reports.

Then-Prince Charles first met Camilla Shand when he was 22 and she was 24, at a polo match at Windsor Great Park in 1970.

It’s believed they started dating soon after however they split when Charles left for an eight-month tour in the Caribbean as part of his Navy duties in 1972.

The couple married others, with Charles wedding Princess Diana on July 29, 1981, however they couple split following reports of an affair between Charles and Camilla.

Following Princess Diana’s 1997 death, Charles and Camilla kept their relationship low-profile until he threw Camilla a 50th birthday party at London’s The Ritz in 1999, marking their first public appearance together.

They would soon wed and Camilla was crowned Queen alongside King Charles in 2023.

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