After 30 years, Camilla finally gets her prince

THE Duchess of Cornwall kissed the queen goodbye and also received a peck on the cheek from new stepsons Princes William and Harry.

Camilla bid her mother-in-law farewell with Prince Charles at the Sovereign's Entrance to Windsor Castle as the newlyweds left for their honeymoon.

She was captured on film saying goodbye to William and Harry, but her gesture to the queen shortly beforehand was out of view of the cameras.

The footage is believed to be the first time such affection between Camilla and the princes has been seen by the public.

Camilla's farewells, especially to Queen Elizabeth, signify the dramatic shift in her status from simply being Charles's live-in partner to becoming an HRH and fully fledged member of the royal family.

In the quadrangle of the castle, the couple were showered with confetti by William and Harry and other guests as they prepared to leave Windsor for Birkhall after their wedding day champagne reception.

The brothers decorated the newlywed's Bentley with balloons and daubed 'Prince + Camilla' on the front windscreen and 'Just Married' on the rear using a white sponge pen.

Three bagpipers walked in front of the vehicle as it carried the bride and groom slowly away past staff, who lined the quadrangle clapping and throwing red and white confetti.

William, 22, and 20-year-old Harry, shouting and laughing, chased after the vehicle as onlookers cheered.

During the reception, Charles paid tribute to his bride calling her "my darling Camilla" and her for "taking on the task of being married to me."

Signing a registrar's book and kneeling before the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles and Camilla had sealed in matrimony a romance sparked more than 30 years ago and blamed by many for poisoning his marriage to Princess Diana.

Under the solemn gaze of Archbishop Rowan Williams, the fifty-something divorcees nervously pledged their lifelong love at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle on Saturday and confessed "manifold sins and wickedness" - words from the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer.

Following the awkwardness of changing the location of the civil wedding, the unsubstantiated reports of the queen's "fury" at the wedding, and the one-day postponement because of Pope John Paul II's funeral, the day went off flawlessly - and in bright sunshine.

Camilla is now officially the Princess of Wales, although she will be known as the Duchess of Cornwall in deference to enduring public affection for Diana. If Charles is crowned, she will be queen, but will use the title "princess consort".

Even the normally reserved queen - whose views about her son's wedding have been the subject of endless media speculation - beamed as she emerged from the chapel.