Camilla the hated? For years she was Camilla Parker Bowles, mistress of Prince Charles while he was still in a relationship with Diana. While the princess of hearts still enjoys great popularity with the British people, the new queen consort is struggling to take off in the polls. And the terrible words of this one with regard to Lady Diana, in the past, remain in the memory of many. While Prince Charles became King Charles III, officially proclaimed this Saturday, September 10, 2022, the Duchess of Cornwall inherited the title of queen consort. While 38% were in favor of this title change, 28% were against it. They are only 9% to consider it as the member of the royal family that they prefer. Nearly 30% remain completely in the dark when to have any opinion on it, always according to Ipsos.
It must be said that she became queen consort not without controversy. Camilla Parker Bowles is first of all the one who has maintained an affair while Charles was still married to the late Princess Diana. At the time, the companion of King Charles III had then had terrible words about William and Harry’s mother – who took a long time to accept it. In 1991, while Diana was on vacation at Balmoral, a Scottish estate so dear to the royal family and where Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, September 8, the princes’ mother discovered the letters that Camilla Parker Bowles had sent to her husband. Charles over the years. Irrefutable proof that the Prince of Wales has an affair with her. As Andrew Morton reports in his book Diana: in pursuit of lovethe Princess of Wales discovers there that the two lovers offered each other “magical nights“, when they were with friends in common.
For Camilla, Diana was a “stupid creature”
But above all she discovers how Camilla, her husband’s lover, talks about her. In very unflattering terms. The now queen consort did not hesitate to qualify “stupid creature“, notably. She also did not fail to have nice words for her husband Andrew Parker Bowles, a “stuffed weasel“. Terrible words that remain in the memory of countless fans of Diana. Will she succeed in rising in the esteem of the British? Over the years, Camilla has nevertheless managed to find a place for herself within the royal family. It is not uncommon to see her accomplice with William or even Kate Middleton, the central character of this royal family. There is no doubt that if Charles III succeeds in establishing himself as the new sovereign, Camilla should also obtain the love of the British people.