After A Decade Marrying Charles, This Is What William And Harry Really Think About Camilla

[Music] now in her 70s Camilla Duchess of Cornwall has been a part of the lives of Prince William and Prince Harry for a long time however given that she had an affair with their dad Prince Charles during his marriage to their mom Princess Diana her precedence in their world hasn't always been positive and what the Royal brothers really think of her has recently been revealed Charles encountered that then Camilla Shand at the age of 21 in the 1970s and the attraction was instant journalist Jonathan Dimbleby had been quoted by Town & Country magazines as saying he lost his heart to her almost immediately despite the strong feelings toward her that Charles had for many years though it wouldn't be until 2005 that the pair finally Wed Camilla ended up wedding Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973 moreover this officer in the British Army had at one time been in a relationship with Princess Anne Charles sister Camilla wasn't reluctant to Wed the dashing soldier though indeed it represented a good marriage for her with a fellow pupil from her school days later noted know Camilla had always planned to Wed a rich man although Charles and Camilla had dated for a time it was perhaps too early in life for Charles to consider marrying her and there was another issue Camilla wasn't a virgin and some Royals considered that important according to a 2018 Good Housekeeping article Charles uncle Lord Mountbatten suggested that Charles should sow his Wild Oats but look for a suitable attractive and sweet character girl before she has met anyone else she might fall for to Wed and the prince did exactly that when he was dating Lady Sarah Mccorquodale he met her younger sibling Lady Diana Spencer in 1977 who was aged just 16 at the time Charles and Diana became romantically involved in 1980 Lady Sarah seemingly wasn't too upset about this development however indeed she later claimed that she had taken on the role of Cupid Charles married Diana in 1981 and among the guests was Camilla although Diana apparently wasn't keen on her being there that was something of a harbinger of things to come of course regardless the young princess soon had something precious to occupy her time their son William arrived in 1982 and then Harry came a couple of years afterwards married life wasn't enough for Charles however and by 1986 his romance with Camila have rekindled this didn't escape Diana's notice either indeed she would later tell biographer Andrew Morton that she challenged Camila at a party saying Camila I would just like you to know that I know exactly what is going on between you and Charles I wasn't born yesterday Camila didn't receive the confrontation meekly though she said to have replied you've got everything you ever wanted you've got all the men in the world to fall in love with you and you've got two beautiful children what more do you want Diana then spat back I want my husband moreover the affair between Charles and Camilla became public knowledge when in 1992 a newspaper obtained recordings of their phone conversations the spicy exchanges kicked off a scandal known as Camilla Gate and it seemed that this was the death knell for the princes marriage however he later claimed that he only cheated on Diana after the relationship had failed in 1995 Camilla was herself divorced after a couple of years separation from her husband Diana - confessed that she'd strayed in a bombshell BBC interview she told martin bashir all about the difficulties that she felt Camilla had brought to her life there were three of us in the marriage she said so was a bit crowded when Charles divorce was finalized there was some controversy over Diana's royal title the Queen it said was all for Diana keeping it but Charles put his foot down and made her give it up William then 14 reportedly told her don't worry mummy I will give it back to you one day when I am king however William would never have the chance to fulfill his promise as Diana's life was cut short in a fatal car crash in Paris in 1997 this left the two princes only 12 and 15 without a mom after the accident Camilla stepped back from the spotlight as the boys in the nation grieved for the much-loved Diana there's no doubt that their mother's tragic death hid the boy's heart of course William would later share his feelings and a 20-19 BBC documentary I think when you are bereaved at a very young age anytime really but particularly at a young age I can resonate closely to that he said you feel pain like no other pain when a year had passed after Diana's demise Charles arranged for William and Harry to have a formal meeting with Camila because of the recent passing of the boy's mother the couple have decided not to reveal the romance to the media for the time being the two were finally seen together as a couple publicly in 1999 when they both attended a birthday celebration in London while kamila had become closer to the princes by 2000 their grandmother was frosty the Queen wouldn't even go to the party to Mark Charles turning 50 because Camilla would be in attendance later that year however she did go to another birthday celebration that Camilla was at which suggested that she might be warming up a little meanwhile a PDA in 2001 told onlookers that the couple were no longer hiding their love the couple progressed to living together in 2003 when Camilla made her home with Charles in London's Clarence House this was a prelude to their eventual marriage however the announcement of their engagement provoked further controversy among the public and couriers particularly unsettling was the question of where they would marry in the end the two tied the knot in Windsor Guildhall in April of 2005 Prince William's was Charles best man and Andrew Parker Bowles showed that he Harvard no hard feelings as he was present to the Queen didn't come however but she did show up at a subsequent religious service to mark the occasion so Charles and Camilla had finally made things official after a romance that had spanned three decades and William and Harry were right there among the celebrations however it might not have been all sweetness and light as royal washer Robert Jepsen would reveal in a 2006 book Jobson described a time of change that was not quite as easy as it might have looked from the outside while palace officials struggled to pull together the chaotic Arrangements they were forced to address a question they might rather had ignored he wrote what did Prince William and Prince Harry think of the wedding especially Prince William Jobson then singled out the brother whom he thought was most important as the older of the boys and the one most physically like his late mother William was the de-facto spokesman for both brothers he continued his blessing was the one that mattered most the official line was that both boys were delighted at their father's happiness that stance hadn't convinced Jobson however but after more than 15 years reporting on royal affairs I have learned to be wary of official lines he wrote and the reality he believed was rather more muted he continued sure enough privately their mood was more one of acceptance than undulated joy at the prospect of having Camila as their stepmother given that the couple have been seen in public way back in 1999 they have been a long time before they married reportedly Camilla's loved ones believed the whole process had taken much too long but Charles was concerned about the feelings of his sons especially as they were at such a young age royal expert penny junior explained the wait in a 2005 book a not insignificant part of the reason why they had waited until 2005 to announce their engagement was a sensitivity toward the boys she wrote they didn't want to waste a stepmother on William and Harry before they had fully grown up accepting Camilla as a fixture and their father's life had been difficult for them Junior continued although they have been genuinely pleased to see him so happy and genuinely late Camilla and her children the issue is complicated the notion that their mother was a sacrificial extra in a long-standing love story between Charles and Camilla aligned most of the newspapers ran after their engagement is hurtful the reason that the idea would be particularly distasteful to the princes was clear jr. pointed out they love their mother and are fiercely loyal to her memory and know that Camilla was the cause of her terrifying and happiness she explained and for one of Charles sons feelings were especially strong jr. continued Harry has been particularly affected moreover Camilla has been sensitive about the issues that her relationship might have caused the royal family she's gained a reputation for keeping out of royal family matters in fact and for not interfering into Prince's private affairs that doesn't mean Camilla doesn't have a caring side however in july 2019 producer julia trice who made a documentary about the royal couple said that people had gotten camilla wrong there's been this historical misconception about Camilla because of the circumstances surrounding Prince Charles marriage to Princess Diana she told Fox News in fact Camilla had taken on a new role there's a lot of misconceptions about what really went on there Bryce explained and throughout all that coverage the 1980s and Beyond she's never said a word we didn't talk to her about that but it was nice to see her as a human a relatively normal human being the upshot was that Camila had become someone the princess could lean on according to rice as the years go on she's becoming a great matriarch of the royal family the producer said I think she has become a great support system for the younger Royals at the time rice talked to Fox News the couple's marriage was very well established having already lasted 14 years so it's no surprise that she said the pair have become a really strong double act indeed she noted that the two have great fun together it seems that Charles very much relies on his wife to everyone in the film said she's absolutely his Rock Rice stated she's also very down-to-earth she's a real British country woman she loves her dogs she loves her horses she likes her gardening and she's incredibly relatable for that reason she's not grand in any way and she's also a real giggle the producer also shared her belief that being able to laugh together was one of the best ingredients for a good marriage and it's not just the heir to the British throne who loves Camilla if close friend of the Royal pair actress Joanna Lumley is to be believed she told Rice that the princes adorned their stepmother Camilla apparently thinks so too rice told Fox News she said that she's seen all of this horrible press all of this drama that producer stated but what gives her a sense of calm is that she knows the boys actually get on really well with her William and Harry adore her and her children gone extremely well with William and Harry indeed in 2011 Camilla and step daughter-in-law Kate Middleton were seen out in about dining accompanied by the daughter of Camilla and Kate's sister some accounts even suggested that Camilla was sharing some tips with Kate that would have been timely as shortly after their lunch date Camilla watched on as Kate Wed Prince William and although Camilla's debut engagement with Prince Harry and his beloved Megan Markel in November 2019 was one of their last she had nonetheless been close to the pair according to Vanity Fair insider said that Harry stepmom in law had been a pillar of support for him and his wife when they negotiated their withdrawal from royal life and what would become known as Megson Camila had apparently been struck by a documentary in which Megan had expressed her pain with the difficulties that she was facing she wants everyone to get along and be happy her mantra is carry on and keep smiling a source told Vanity Fair she doesn't want to see anyone struggling and she is fond of Megan and she could be a very good allied to Camila went with Harry and Megan to a service of remembrance at Westminster Abbey shortly after the aforementioned documentary that Unleashed them exit process Camilla's thoughts on the documentary aren't known but sources did suggest that she subsequently contacted the prince and his wife I think Camilla can easily empathize with Megan because of what she went through in the media biographer Sally Bedell Smith told Vanity Fair at one stage no one was more beleaguered by the tabloids than Camilla but she was shrewd enough to know that antagonism would get her nowhere Megan could learn an enormous amount from Camilla Smith Maddy I think Camilla is genuinely a kind person and while there are many differences between the two of them they have both been on the receiving end of some very negative press the Thames Camilla learned was how to cultivate a relationship with the press I have watched her talk to reporters be friendly with the photographer's and went over the tabloids who had once tried to ruin her life has gotten easier for Camilla then and it seems that she really is fitting into the royal family indeed during 2012 the Queen honored her with a Dame hood and shared a carriage with her more over a few years later Camilla was pictured at one of the Queen's residences Balmoral marking a decade of marriage to Charles and not long afterwards she was seen on the Buckingham Palace balcony in a traditional group shot of the Royals

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Length: 12min 56sec (776 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 21 2020