Camilla, Charles III's second wife, was the princess of Wales from 2005 to 2022, but did not use the title due to its popular association with her husband's first wife, Diana. [26] On 9 September 2022, a day after his accession to the throne, Charles III bestowed the title of 'Prince of Wales' upon his elder son, Prince William. The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, started on Saturday 6 September 1997 at 9:08 am in London, when the tenor bell of Westminster Abbey started tolling to signal the departure of the cortège from Kensington Palace.