Brits Warm To Charles And Camilla

Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, emerged from their honeymoon estate Sunday to attend a small church service with about 200 villagers who braved blustery winds to greet the royal newlyweds.

Driving into the Crathie Parish Church, the couple waved to crowds as they pulled their silver Audi off to the side of the chapel and entered. Locals waved and snapped pictures.

Prince Charles wore a tartan kilt. His bride wore a matching fuchsia hat and coat.

"I think she's lovely," said Lynn Hutchings, 56, a nurse visiting her sister in the Scottish highlands. "I didn't think he should marry her but I've changed my opinion."

Robbie Middleton, a lay preacher, delivered Sunday's sermon, which focused on tuning into one's spirituality and did not refer to the wedding.

"I wish them every happiness and a fulfilled life together," Middleton said after the service.

Charles and Camilla shook hands and chatted with villagers after the sermon, then returned to their honeymoon estate.

Denise Glover, a 61-year-old housewife, congratulated the prince, saying, "I'm sure you'll be very happy."

The prince replied, "Yes, she is a remarkable lady."

The long-awaited wedding — the second for both — sanctioned a relationship that has spanned more than 30 years and was blamed by some for breaking up the prince's marriage to the late Princess Diana, who died in a 1997 car accident in Paris.

Charles and Camilla — officially the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when they are in Scotland — are staying at Birkhall, a cozy hunting lodge he inherited from his grandmother. The prince, who spent his first honeymoon aboard a yacht in the Mediterranean, and Camilla are expected to stay about 10 days on the estate.

The prince has described the early 18th-century home on the royal Balmoral estate as "a unique haven of coziness and character." He reportedly learned to fish in the River Muick, which flows at the bottom of Birkhall's sloping garden.

Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, bought Birkhall in the 19th century and it became the Balmoral residence of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, leaving it to Charles.

The prince's mother, Queen Elizabeth II, spent some of her honeymoon there after her marriage to Prince Philip. Charles spent part of his honeymoon with Princess Diana in Scotland, following the cruise, but the late princess was said not to like the estate.

Camilla, 57, 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. When Charles is crowned, she will be queen — but the prince's office says she will use the title "princess consort" instead.

In spite of protestations that the couple wanted something low-key, news of the wedding dominated front pages in Sunday's papers around the world.

In Hong Kong, handed back to China by Britain in 1997, the English-language South China Morning Post ran a massive photo of the couple on its front page. Its editorial said, "This was not a fairy tale wedding — far from it. But it is one which is likely to last."

Even Britain's hypercritical press stopped carping long enough to join in the good will.

"So Happy" enthused the Sunday Express. "At Last!" the Sunday Mirror and The Mail on Sunday agreed in matching front-page headlines.

Some had their complaints, though.

"No kiss for Cam," the Mirror commented in one headline, disappointed the couple didn't pucker up for the cameras.

A survey by the MORI polling firm for The Observer and Sunday Mirror newspapers found 63 percent of those questioned said they supported the marriage, up from 49 percent in a 2002 poll.

More sobering for the prince, 42 percent said he should step aside and let his son, Prince William, be king when Elizabeth dies. That was an increase from 34 percent who said the same in a poll four years ago.

Camilla has undergone a spectacular transition -- moving from the shadows into the royal limelight as the wife of the future king. It will be a constant spotlight that her friends say she will not relish, reports CBS News Correspondent Mark Phillips.

The wedding was far simpler than the spectacular 1981 ceremony in which Charles married 20-year-old Diana Spencer. The local registrar, Clair Williams, conducted the 25-minute civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall, or town hall, before fewer than 30 guests — mostly the bride and groom's relatives.

The queen and Prince Philip skipped the ceremony, saying they were respecting Charles' wish that it be "low key," but they were present for a religious blessing of the marriage afterward at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.

Royal pomp was far more visible at that service, held under the chapel's majestic arches and televised live. About 800 guests, including Prime Minister Tony Blair and Camilla's ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles, were there. Parker Bowles was seen smiling and chatting with other guests.

Charles and Camilla chose a civil wedding because the Church of England, which he will one day symbolically head as king, frowns on divorcees remarrying. But the religious blessing led by the Archbishop of Canterbury demonstrated the Anglican hierarchy's approval of the union.

Charles has admitted cheating with Camilla after his first marriage had "irretrievably broken down"; Diana also acknowledged being unfaithful. Camilla was married to Andrew Parker Bowles, with whom she had two children, until 1995.

Charles and Camilla met in their early 20s and quickly became romantically involved, but they made no commitment before he went to sea with the Royal Navy and she married while he was gone. They remained close friends, and eventually became lovers again.

Their effort to win public acceptance was put on hold after Diana's death but eventually began again with a carefully choreographed series of steps.