He explains, “She’s got a good philosophy about life: There are things you can change, other things you can’t change . . . Don’t get too hung up about it.”
“And I think she’ll be a great consort as queen,” Anson adds.
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In 1971, Charles joined the Royal Navy, putting a strain on his relationship with Camilla. To make matters more complicated, she didn’t have what were then seen as prerequisites for marrying the Prince of Wales: An aristocratic bloodline and her virginity.
They eventually parted ways, and Camilla reconnected with Andrew Parker Bowles (a former boyfriend ofPrincess Anne), whom she first met in the late 1960s. They tied the knot on July 4, 1973, devastating the prince.
Camilla and Charles started up an affair in the late 1970s, but he called things off upon his engagement toPrincess Diana.
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Despite them both being married with children, the pair began seeing each other again in 1986.
At this point, Diana knew about the affair, and even claims to have approached Camilla herself.
“I was terrified of her. I said, ‘I know what’s going on between you and Charles and I just want you to know that,'” Diana said on tapes recorded for Andrew Morton, her biographer. “She said to me: ‘You’ve got everything you ever wanted. You’ve got all the men in the world fall in love with you and you’ve got two beautiful children, what more do you want?’ So I said, ‘I want my husband.’ And I said, ‘I’m sorry I’m in the way … and it must be hell for both of you. But I do know what’s going on. Don’t treat me like an idiot.'”
Charles and Diana separated in 1992, and Camilla and Parker Bowles followed suit in 1995. That same year, Diana gave anexplosive interview to BBC’sPanorama, in which she is candid about the affair, saying, “Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”
Charles and Diana’s divorce was finalized on August 28, 1996. She was killed in a Paris car crash one year later.
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The former lovers got back together, slowly stepping out together and meeting Harry and William.
In 2005, Charles and Camilla announced their engagement and married in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall on April 9. Though Charles’ parents didn’t attend the ceremony, they did attend the subsequent blessing at St. George’s Chapel, and hosted a reception afterwards.
source: people.com
