{"id":3615,"date":"2024-02-13T02:32:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T02:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2024-02-13T02:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T02:32:04","slug":"3615","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=3615","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

People were enraged when she was revealed to be then-Prince Charles\u2019 mistress \u2013 and a great deal of that was down to the love people bore for Princess Diana.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As mentioned, Camila\u2019s popularity took a huge blow, though things have changed for the better over the years. Now though, royal expert and author Angela Levin claims that at the time, Camilla was afraid of even leaving her house \u2013 and had to endure \u201ctorrents\u201d of mistreatment from the public<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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King Charles and Camilla\u2019s relationship goes back decades. In fact, their love story can be traced back to 1972, when they first met at a polo match.<\/p>\n

In the book\u00a0Charles and Camilla, Portrait of a Love Affair,<\/em>\u00a0author Gyles Brandreth claims that Charles and Camilla were introduced by their mutual friend Lucia Santa Cruz, the daughter of the Chilean ambassador.<\/p>\n

The couple dated for a while but stopped when Charles left to serve in the Royal Navy. By the time he returned, Camilla was involved and engaged to Andrew Parker Bowles.<\/p>\n

King Charles & Camilla relationship and affair<\/h2>\n

Bowles and Camilla married in 1973, but Camilla maintained a close and friendly relationship with Charles. Back then, the king had started dating 16-year-old Diana Spencer.<\/p>\n

When Diana was introduced to the Bowles couple, Camilla thought the young lady was \u201csweet and cute\u201d and approved of her. At first, Diana and Camilla got along well. But things soon grew uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met [Camilla] very early on. I was introduced to the circle, but I was a threat, I was a very young girl, but I was a threat,\u201d Diana explained in the book\u00a0Diana: In Her Own Words.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Prince Charles\u2019 authorized biography, as quoted by Town & Country, Charles and Camilla\u2019s affair started in 1986. Charles was still married to Princess Diana at that point. She found out about it \u2013 and confronted Camilla.<\/p>\n

Things for Charles and Diana continued as usual, at least from the public\u2019s perspective. But it wasn\u2019t long before the couple\u2019s fairytale life was over.<\/p>\n

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In 1992, the couple announced their separation, though both continued with their official\u00a0royal duties. Four years later, in August of 1996, they reached a final agreement for the divorce.<\/p>\n

Infamous Tampongate scandal<\/h2>\n

By that stage, things had already reached the ears of the public regarding Charles\u2019s relationship with Camilla. And what happened in December 1989 pretty much confirmed that they had actually been having an affair for years.<\/p>\n

Just months after Charles and Diana formally separated, the press published a full transcript of a telephone call between the then-future King and Camilla.<\/p>\n

The phone call revealed an intimate and sexual exchange between the couple. But, according to\u00a0The Diana Chronicles<\/em>, the person who recorded it had kept it for himself for years.<\/p>\n

As one can guess, the public reaction wasn\u2019t positive. Firstly, Princess Diana was a national icon and loved by all, and the idea of Charles going behind her back and causing her harm didn\u2019t sit well with anyone.<\/p>\n

The scandal involved the future king \u2013 just hearing him say things like \u201clive inside her trousers\u201d was wholly unexpected and considered inappropriate. According to Sally Bedel Smith, author of the biography\u00a0Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern March,\u00a0<\/em>a poll was released shortly after the transcript was published.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sixty-eight percent of the respondents said that then-Prince Charles had destroyed his reputation, and 42 percent even thought that Prince William should become the monarch after Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

Charles confronted the Queen over Camilla treatment<\/h2>\n

But all that happened didn\u2019t only hurt Charles. Camilla also got her fair share of criticism \u2013 both from the public and Royal Family members.<\/p>\n

The phone call that took place in 1989 more than confirmed that Charles had engaged in an affair with Camilla while still married to Diana. It also proved that Camilla had cheated on her husband, Andrew Parker Bowles.<\/p>\n

In the beginning, Camilla was, unsurprisingly, not particularly popular among the public. Neither was she any kind of favorite of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In 2018, investigative author and journalist Tom Bower claimed that, at first, the Queen didn\u2019t want any interaction with Camilla.<\/p>\n

At the time of Diana\u2019s passing, there was an ongoing campaign to \u201cintroduce\u201d Charles and Camilla\u2019s relationship to the public. However, that was promptly abandoned in the wake of Diana\u2019s deth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People were enraged when she was revealed to be then-Prince Charles\u2019 mistress \u2013 and a great deal of that was down to the love people bore for Princess Diana.   As mentioned, Camila\u2019s popularity took a huge blow, though things have changed for the better over the years. Now though, royal expert and author Angela…<\/p>\n

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