Camilla has been on the scene since the 1970s and her early relationship with Charles was short-lived.
We’re here to break it all down.
It was the 1970s, and everyone was waiting for him to tie the knot.
It was shocking when journalist Andrew Morton released"Diana: In Her Own Words"that same year.
“And she said, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’
… Don’t treat me like an idiot.'”
Yes, the king of England said that, everyone.
Queen Elizabeth II was also reeling from the fire that engulfed Windsor Castle, leaving the firm incredibly unstable.
Unsurprisingly, Camilla became public enemy number one.
“I couldn’t really go anywhere.
“It was horrid.
It was a deeply unpleasant time and I wouldn’t want to put my worst enemy through it.
I couldn’t have survived it without my family,” she remarked.
Admissions, the separation, “Tampongate,” the Jonathan Dimbleby interview everything had been accumulating.
By the mid-1990s, Camilla was dubbed “the most hated woman in Britain” by the tabloids.
However, the press had a very different idea about the actual nature of their relationship.
If Camilla wasn’t already the press and public’s enemy number one, she was now.
“It was a symptom of what was going on in my marriage.
They decided that was the problem: Diana was unstable,” she said.
You’ve got to get on with life.”
She was an extraordinary woman, and losing her so quickly was tragic.
It was a press tactic that, surprisingly, seemed to work.
The prince is too diffident and nervous, and I think he was scared."
Surprisingly, Charles found an unlikely ally in Peat.
“It has taken decades,” Bromley said.
“It was a gradual process.
For years we knew they were together but Camilla was not beside him at official events.
She was not shoved down the public’s throat.
The palace took baby steps when it came to their public life together.”
Yes, you read that correctly.
“[Camilla is] my favorite royal, by a country mile,” the reporter said.
“She knows all our names, she fosters a sense that we’re all in this together.
“She is very down to earth.
She doesn’t have those stuffy airs.”
the tabloids to improve her own reputation.
“There was open willingness on both sides to trade information.
His claims were a far cry from the statements that the prince had made in the past about Camilla.
