February 10th: Immediately after the engagement announcement, Clarence House was forced into making constitutional decisions regarding Mrs Parker Bowles's future title.
It was eventually decided that she would never be queen but would become HRH the Duchess of Cornwall when she weds Charles and will be known as the Princess Consort when he becomes king.
February 11th: Aides confirmed that details and arrangements had yet to be finalised for the ceremony.
February 14th: Clarence House was forced to issue a statement rejecting claims that the civil marriage between the Prince and Mrs Parker Bowles would not be legal.
A spokesman said: "Legal advice was taken from four different sources and all agreed that it is legal for a member of the Royal Family to marry in a civil ceremony in England."
Former Attorney-General Nicholas Lyell suggested emergency legislation might be needed to clarify the legal position before the big day. Otherwise, the couple might have to get married in Scotland, as the Princess Royal did when she wed for the second time in 1992.
February 17th: The couple's original plan - to marry in a civil service at St George's Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle - was scuppered by laws which would have made the venue "regularly available" for the next three years to anyone who wanted to marry there.
February 18th - The couple's second-choice venue, Windsor's Guildhall, was then found to offer royal watchers the chance to exercise their legal rights to sit, free of charge, in the public gallery for the occasion.
In addition, Charles was faced with having to rethink his guest list, which was reported to include some 700 names, as the largest room in the Guildhall can only hold 100 people.