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After a difficult year where the Queen has been the monarch’s rock during his cancer treatment, the King treated his wife to a special treat on Valentine’s Day hosting an intimate dinner for her and some of their close friends at Windsor Castle.

A source tells HELLO!: “It was a quiet dinner for close friends – about 12 in all. The King and Queen then spent the whole weekend in Windsor, which is quite unusual.”

It comes ahead of Charles and Camilla’s milestone wedding anniversary on 9 April, when the couple will mark 20 years of marriage. While the pair rarely spend lengthy periods of time in Windsor, it’s where their nuptials and their blessing took place, with their respective families in attendance.

Camilla also made a stylish appearance at Ascot racecourse on Saturday, which is close to Their Majesties’ Berkshire abode.

The Queen, who was wearing a cream cashmere coat dress by Fiona Clare and a hat by Lock & Co, presented the prize for the Ebony Horse Club Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase, before meeting students from the Ebony Horse Club.

The private dinner comes just a week after the King and Queen held a star-studded dinner at their country abode to celebrate Italian cuisine, ahead of their official visit this spring.

Charles and Camilla were joined by Victoria and David Beckham, Donatella Versace, Dame Helen Mirren, Edward Enninful and Stanley Tucci at the black-tie dinner at Highgrove on 7 February.

The couple invited Italian-American Devil Wears Prada actor and well-known foodie, Tucci, and the Italian ambassador to the UK, Inigo Lambertini, to the Gloucestershire estate to enjoy a feast of sustainable ‘slow food’.