The British royal family should be simpler and more pragmatic in the future. Queen Camilla exchanges the ladies-in-waiting for informal companions.
Britain’s queen consort Camilla is breaking with old traditions.
(dpa) It is a sign of the more modern, leaner monarchy that King Charles III. wants to ring in: His wife Camilla is breaking with a centuries-old royal tradition and wants to have a number of more informal companions at her side instead of the classic ladies-in-waiting. The six newly appointed “Queen’s Companions” – i.e. companions of the king’s wife – are longtime confidants of the 75-year-old, as Buckingham Palace announced at the weekend. They include interior designer Marchioness of Lansdowne and British House of Lords Carlyn Chisholm.