For years, Queen Camilla has been King Charles’ steady rock. Yet, that’s different from the public’s opinion of her throughout her time within the royal sphere. The former Parker Bowles didn’t have an easy time being accepted by the public. Two people who had many problems with her getting together with Charles were Prince William and Prince Harry.
Prince William and Queen Camilla don’t appear to have any problems with each other today. The two have had to step up their royal game this year because of King Charles and Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis, and they have deservedly been praised for their work.
But even so, Queen Camilla sometimes feels Prince William and Kate Middleton isn’t respecting the king, and a new book suggests that Camilla reminds this couple of it. Actually, once, she made it very clear who was in charge when she left the couple stranded.
Popularity of Camilla among the public has gone from zero to 100. Years ago, she became the ‘evil’ person who many blamed for King Charles and Princess Diana’s failed marriage. As she and Charles began dating—and later married—after the princess’ tragic d:e:a:t:h in Paris in 1997, many had problems accepting her entrance into the royal family.
Prince William & Prince Harry’s relationship with Queen Camilla
The press mistreated the Queen. However, the bond between her and Charles conquered it all. On April 9, 2005, the couple tied the knot in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall.
Both the press and members of the public all had a hard time accepting Camilla. Queen Elizabeth was also one of them, but perhaps foremost were the two young princes, William and Harry.
When Princess Diana passed away, the brothers were left without a loving mother who had always made sure to raise them just like normal children. They got a stepmother in Camilla, though she and Harry clashed.
Harry recalled his first meeting with Camilla as “awkward and tense.” He wrote in in Spare that William had “long harbored suspicions about the Other Woman.”
During an interview with 60 Minutes, Harry revealed that he and his brother, Prince William, even had asked their father, King Charles, not to marry Camilla. But in the end, they changed their minds.
“We didn’t think it was necessary, we thought that it was gonna cause more harm than good and that if he was now with his person. That – surely that’s enough,” Harry told 60 Minutes. “We wanted him to be happy. And we saw how happy he was with her.”