Charles and Camilla have cemented their relationship by doing what swans do at this time of the year, start the family process.

Mute swans have a practiced routine they go through before mating. It is called mirroring and can go on for 10 to 15 minutes. They basically copy each others actions. Here are some examples seen today.

Then once they have gone through their routine they mate, this is very quick process, probably lasting less than 30 seconds.

Once this is finished they then have a very sweet little routing where they bump chests, sing a little song to each other, and have the equivalent of a little cuddle together.

They will go through this routine every day for 7-10 days and then turn to nest building, egg laying and ultimately a family (we hope). You can see below they have already started the nest.