It’s been a challenging couple of weeks for Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Lingering side effects from a COVID-19 breakthrough infection earlier this year have caused her to cancel several public appearances as she continues to recover from the virus.
“It’s taken three weeks and still can’t get shot of it,” Camilla, who is triple vaccinated, told Hello! earlier this month. “Probably my voice might suddenly go, and I might start coughing and spluttering.”
So that sucks. But at least she’s on the mend!
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On top of that, new reports that she feels as though she’s being “overshadowed” by Kate Middleton have begun circulating.
Last month, Queen Elizabeth II marked her Platinum Jubilee by surprising everyone and announcing that it was her “wish” for Camilla to be known as Queen Consort rather than Princess Consort, as was previously agreed upon.
The news caused quite a stir on social media, with many vowing never to refer to the Duchess as their “Queen.”
Sorry her majesty, but the only queen after you will always be Queen Diana.
We will never ever bow to Camilla nor call her Queen. pic.twitter.com/dfLCIIck8m
— Matt Whitehouse ????????? (@m_whitehouse87) February 5, 2022
Queen Camilla? I don't think. pic.twitter.com/ygCC8nSriK
— Mark (@mrkphllps1) February 5, 2022
Anyway Princess Diana in heaven reading tweets about Camilla getting dragged and seeing #AbolishTheMonarchy like??. pic.twitter.com/NyeAZvXmV5
— Claire ?????????? (@Astroxanda) February 5, 2022
Now, royal expert Russell Myers tells Express.co.uk that, despite Camilla eagerly preparing to become Queen Consort ahead of Kate, her future subjects are refusing to take her seriously.
“People will look to Kate before Camilla,” Myers says. “The interest has gathered at such a pace with William and Kate that people do see them as the next custodians.”
We can’t imagine that makes the 74-year-old queen-to-be feel very good.
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Oh, but it doesn’t stop there.
Because Prince Harry recently inked a book deal with Penguin Random House to write a tell-all memoir and there are concerns within the family about how he’s going to treat the woman many feel is responsible for breaking up his parents’ marriage.
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A source recently told The Sun that Charles fears Harry’s book will be an “excoriating takedown of Camilla” and that he’s “shared his concerns with William” and hopes he “sticks up for Camilla should the book attack her.”
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“There are concerns about Harry disrespecting Camilla and, god forbid, disrespecting perhaps the Duchess of Cambridge,” royal gossip columnist Kinsey Schofield told GB News earlier this month. “I do think this is a mistake for Prince Harry.”
Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior royals in January 2020. Their withdrawal was followed by a string of criticisms about their experiences with the Royal Family, including a lack of support and racist treatment, which Camilla was reportedly not happy about.
Diplomat
Tho this may be an opportune time for Harry to unleash on Camilla, as true to form, it would be done with a touch of class.
ho
Looks like Camila went to dollar tree and picked up one of those balloon anchors and took the starry swirl off and put it on her hat. Go girl.
Bonerboy
That would be Poundland in England, not Dollar Tree…
SamB
Slagging Meghan is bigoted. But slagging Camilla is good. I guess because Cammy isn’t pretty like Meghan, so we can call her out. Identity politics is HARD, but I’m eager to learn.
Kangol2
OK, I know I’m feeding the troll, but: the difference between Meghan and Camilla isn’t only racial, but social and situational. Meghan married Harry after a courtship in which neither was attached to another person; also, she is the first known person of African descent in the recent, mostly German British Royal family. Meghan has been subjected to overt and subtle racist attacks by the British press since she and Harry began dating, and, according to her and her husband, a member of his family made a racist remark about one of their children.
Camilla began an affair with Charles while he was still married to his wife, Diana, and continued to have the affair until they divorced, then later married Camilla. Meanwhile, Diana was one of the most beloved members of the British Royal family in recent history, and remains an iconic figure. Also, Camilla is White, like nearly every other Queen, Queen Consort, and Princess affiliated with the British Royal family. There is and would be no reason for anyone in the Royal family to make a racist remark about Camilla because like them, she is a White woman.
It’s not that hard to understand but do you still not grasp the difference?
Eternal.Cowboy
Why not just make things up that you want to believe, it’s what you do in any other situation.
Cam
The right wing, Putin loving, Republican troll coming in to defend the monarchy that America broke away from.
I love how it also, under all of it’s screenames keeps trying to always make the white person, judged for their behavior the victim while attacking the Black person because they’re black.
Your troll game is sad and weak.
Polaro
I usually disagree with Sam, strongly, but this one made me laugh. Sometimes even a troll can get one right.
BaltoSteve
SamB, please first off, don’t lie to us. You aren’t here to learn. You are here to sow discord. You are here to argue and spread as many untruths as possible. We see you for who and what you are. And some may choose to call you out… (cough cough Cam cough) and some may wish to engage you on your level. However, we see that your agenda isn’t discussion but attempt to enrage and enflame, to promote an increase in the political divide, and to own those f*gs. In conclusion, we see you, we know who and what you are, and we know that your opinions are nothing more than the hot air you exhale with every breath.
Ronbo
The royals are not my speciality or concern, so…. A timeline search reveals that Camilla and Charles dated before Diana and Andrew were in the picture. The Queen objected and Charles obliged.
At least three people in the two marriages involved had engaged in extramarital affairs; each couple produced two children. Sweet William looks a bit like Diana’s lover James Hewitt; however, DNA tests are private and not available to the public. This might explain the chasm between Harry and Charles. Harry would be fortunate to have avoided the Windsor genetic stew that gave us creepy, sweaty, lying Prince Andrew.
What I find noteworthy about the Royals is how the various UK media outlets position their poison pens. The Daily Mail can’t seem to say enough nasty things about Harry while Andy gets a the free pass. Could it be bias favoring the Windsor genetics? Chime in if you are from the UK, please.
At least Diana’s kindness can be seen in both Harry and William.
Cam
@Ronbo William just made two different statements that could be seen as being racially insensitive. So not really seeing any kindness there.
Ronbo
Cam, you’ve lied over 46 times now saying that this person is that person … including me. Although I do agree with your opinion on occasion, the fact that you can lie so easily and often is a repugnant trait of a person whose morals have been corrupted.
To people using logic and reason, the actual truth is essential to believeablility. You really need to educate yourself about perspective and context. Buh bye.
bsg1967
Tampon Charlie and his old whorse from down the road are over and so is the monarchy after Elizabeth II.
Fahd
It’s bad form for Harry to publish memoirs right now; but it also was bad form for Camilla and Charles to carry on with their affair during Charles and Diana’s marriage.
I understand it’s all about Charles being supported as future monarch, which he no doubt will be at least for awhile, but I personally never bought into Camilla’s redemption.
It’s a pity that Queen Elizabeth used the occasion of her platinum jubilee (imagine how special) to bolster Camilla, but I guess a mother’s love for her son has no limits. Or maybe it was just about saving the monarchy.
It will be interesting to see how things play out, but Queen Elizabeth has a few more years in her (God willing).
Jaquelope
Are we absolutely sure she’s not actually the Energizer Bunny?
Fahd
@jacqueahole
Talk about bad form. Your comment’s disrespectful. She deserves and has earned better after seventy years.
Polaro
The history of nobles and mistresses is well documented. Tradition!
john.k
This article is tosh. There is no doubt that Camilla was unpopular in Britain when she married Charles. But by keeping her mouth shut and carrying on diligently with her duties as a royal wife she has earned the respect (if not the love) of most British people.
missvamp
she will always be the dirty secret, the affair, the 2nd choice. if he wanted her, he should have married her first. if charles had a backbone, he should have stood up to mummy & told her so. but no- the monarchy is a joke. why we should all ignore it.
lou lou de la falaise
This was all covered in “The Crown”.
Me2
The Commonwealth will almost certainly die with QE. I can’t see the Brits bowing to this used tea bag or her inept husband, who’s still semi-attached to his mother’s hip.
Diplomat
Yup DOA w C&C as K&Q. William and Kate or I believe it’s all over.
Jim
No tears for any of these “royals”.
Camilla is the mistress that caught her man. Good for her, but queen give me a break .
As for Kate she’s shown her catty side in how she thinks she’s superior to her sister-in-law.
Kate dear, your not.
Britain needs to push the Mountbatten’s off the dole.
Cam
Camilla f*cked Diana’s husband, broke up her marriage, and now has spent the last year helping to attack Diana’s son and daughter in Law with the help of Kate.
They can both have each other. They sound like the guests at a family dinner nobody looks forward to sitting near.
Ronbo
Are we to ignore that Diana had an sexual affair with James Hewitt, Oliver Hoare, and Dr Hasnat Khan while married?
Condemning one person in an apparent ‘open’ marriage and not the other is hypocritical. Let’s hope you try to learn and understand perspective and context.
Polaro
Arranged marriages suck. Diana was the appropriate marriage, not made out of love. Nothing new here. These marriages have always led to infidelity when it comes to nobles and marriages of convenience. Diana was too young and naive to know what she was signing up for. Tragic. The Windors have had a real problem with stubbornly picking the wrong wives. I think they’re batting .500 going back to Edward viii.
white-queer-african
Oh, i i just love Queerty and the very knowledgeable posters, right-wing nuts excluded, on all worldly matters! From the US of A to the colonists of the British Empire. Please do not get me wrong. I do love the royal family. Some excluded. Charles and Andrew. And the wife’s they chose to marry. Not D but C. So long live the Queen / King!
I always thought Edward / Doris would be a fabulous Queen. Well, he is!
GreekKeys
What a revolting headline. Pretending to know what Diana would’ve thought? This is low, even for your usual gutter approach to reporting. From your own posting rules: “… and we strongly discourage (and will not allow) being mean-spirited.” Except for all of your articles. “Rules are for thee, not me”, apparently.
Diana was a bigger person than all of you put together. For all we know, by this time, Camilla and Diana might’ve been friends, Diana thinking, “You can have him.”
stan2015
Diana is gone. Let this couple be happy. Charles was an asshat but he never loved her. TDiana will always be the “queen of hearts” but shouldn’t we be happy for a couple that really were always meant to be together?