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Camilla, the Wicked Stepmother?

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Daddima Wed 27-Nov-24 10:20:46

I watched this on Channel 4, but it was mostly a rehash of what has gone before. What did amuse me was Harry up there on the moral high ground about members of his family ( Camilla, we are to assume) getting ‘into bed with the devil’ and briefing the tabloids, when his mother was the biggest manipulator of the press ever!

Caleo Wed 27-Nov-24 14:49:14

I no longer care what goes on in this family. I like looking at pics of their horses but that is all!

Freya5 Wed 27-Nov-24 18:48:14

Jane112

Camilla is the patron of the journalists church in London and hangs out with Piers Morgan and Clarkson who made the most appalling misogynistic comments about Meghan. The programme showed how the press spun the story about Harry going to visit a rehab centre by altering the timeline to make Charles and Camilla look good, all the journalists on the programme agreed that this is what happened. C & C have always put their own desires above everyone and everything else to the extent of crowning her queen when the the real Queen expressed her wish that Camilla be queen consort, C & C have both behaved despicably for decades.

H and M two hangers on that dissed his dying Grandmother most shamefully.
Deserve all that is said about them.

Allira Wed 27-Nov-24 19:44:40

Jane112

Camilla is the patron of the journalists church in London and hangs out with Piers Morgan and Clarkson who made the most appalling misogynistic comments about Meghan. The programme showed how the press spun the story about Harry going to visit a rehab centre by altering the timeline to make Charles and Camilla look good, all the journalists on the programme agreed that this is what happened. C & C have always put their own desires above everyone and everything else to the extent of crowning her queen when the the real Queen expressed her wish that Camilla be queen consort, C & C have both behaved despicably for decades.

to the extent of crowning her queen
She is crowned Queen Consort

the real queen confused Do you mean our late Monarch, Elizabeth II?
The late Monarch said in 2022:
"When, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me; and it is my sincere wish that, when the time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service."

Camilla is not the Monarch, that is hereditary.
It's best to get facts right.

Lovetopaint037 Thu 28-Nov-24 00:49:46

Well I still occasionally call the King Prince Charles.

Allira Thu 28-Nov-24 10:39:03

Lovetopaint037

Well I still occasionally call the King Prince Charles.

When they say "The Prince of Wales" has attended somewhere on the news, my first thought is Charles.

Anniebach Thu 28-Nov-24 10:46:18

He was the longest serving Prince of Wales in history,

Grantanow Thu 28-Nov-24 11:51:02

Boring Ch 4 lazy programming.

sazz1 Thu 28-Nov-24 12:03:18

Very bad people both of them. People on here defending them how would you feel if you're daughter got engaged as a virgin to a man, a staunch Church goer, who told her he didn't love her the night before the wedding? Then she found out he was having an affair with a woman she'd had lunch with and he'd invited to the wedding? He'd bought her a bracelet during this time, rang her on the honeymoon, and their private sex conversation was in the press for all to read!
I would feel devastated that my daughter had married such an evil man. After he divorced her, having got 2 children to carry on the family name, the main reason he married her, he then married his lover and made her queen. Two disgusting people imo

Ziggy62 Thu 28-Nov-24 12:17:35

sazz1

Very bad people both of them. People on here defending them how would you feel if you're daughter got engaged as a virgin to a man, a staunch Church goer, who told her he didn't love her the night before the wedding? Then she found out he was having an affair with a woman she'd had lunch with and he'd invited to the wedding? He'd bought her a bracelet during this time, rang her on the honeymoon, and their private sex conversation was in the press for all to read!
I would feel devastated that my daughter had married such an evil man. After he divorced her, having got 2 children to carry on the family name, the main reason he married her, he then married his lover and made her queen. Two disgusting people imo

Couldn't agree more

Seajaye Thu 28-Nov-24 12:18:17

Quite frankly I'm not a particularly avid royalist, but you have to had it to Camilla, she's stepped up to the not inconsiderable plate , and is getting on with the job and not complaining. I know I wouldn't have wanted to take on her job at her age. She must be exhausted the time.

Philippa111 Thu 28-Nov-24 12:36:06

Let's not forget that Diana was used to produce heirs for the royal family. Charles was already ' in a relationship' with Camilla. So I think it's fair enough that Harry should not feel good about Camilla.

She got to married to Charles in a white dress... the symbol of purity... what a travesty!

I think Diana's behaviour was very appropriate as the result of having been used.. anyone would have a big response to that.

And who could she turn to but the press when the Royal family essentially ignored her!

Philippa111 Thu 28-Nov-24 13:01:16

Ziggy62

sazz1

Very bad people both of them. People on here defending them how would you feel if you're daughter got engaged as a virgin to a man, a staunch Church goer, who told her he didn't love her the night before the wedding? Then she found out he was having an affair with a woman she'd had lunch with and he'd invited to the wedding? He'd bought her a bracelet during this time, rang her on the honeymoon, and their private sex conversation was in the press for all to read!
I would feel devastated that my daughter had married such an evil man. After he divorced her, having got 2 children to carry on the family name, the main reason he married her, he then married his lover and made her queen. Two disgusting people imo

Couldn't agree more

Me Too... absolutely agree with all you said

Anniebach Thu 28-Nov-24 13:01:18

Princess of Wales, Beatrice and Eugene York, Megan Markle
married in white gowns

Daddima Thu 28-Nov-24 13:14:40

sazz1

Very bad people both of them. People on here defending them how would you feel if you're daughter got engaged as a virgin to a man, a staunch Church goer, who told her he didn't love her the night before the wedding? Then she found out he was having an affair with a woman she'd had lunch with and he'd invited to the wedding? He'd bought her a bracelet during this time, rang her on the honeymoon, and their private sex conversation was in the press for all to read!
I would feel devastated that my daughter had married such an evil man. After he divorced her, having got 2 children to carry on the family name, the main reason he married her, he then married his lover and made her queen. Two disgusting people imo

So, may I ask how you got the information that he told her he didn’t love her the night before the wedding?
Also,how do you know exactly when he was having an affair, as it sounds like you are saying he was having the affair at the time he bought the bracelet?

ruthiek Thu 28-Nov-24 13:18:08

As an ex avid fan of Diana I was blind to her faults but over the years I came to realise how manipulative she was , yes before all Diana lovers have heart failure she was cheated on by C&C but they had an enduring love that has lasted decades and have been true to one another, DIana on the other hand went out of her way to get what she wanted and to hell with other people, Will Carling was one marriage she wrecked along with Oliver Hoare plus others , she played the victim game very well and damaged her children through it, God knows how William has come out of it so well , perhaps he was lucky to find a good woman who loved him, at an early age . Harry on the other hand is a very damaged man/boy and is taking it out on Camilla. Just wish the press would leave the royals alone now

Daddima Thu 28-Nov-24 13:26:38

Anniebach

Charles did not say - What ever love is, his reply to a question

- whatever in love means Big difference

This is one of my (many) bugbears. Even ‘Rock’ Burrell misquotes it, along with his account of how horrified she looked, when she did nothing of the sort.
People forget he was raised never to talk about one’s feelings, so was probably embarrassed by having to comment at all.

Anniebach Thu 28-Nov-24 13:30:54

Diana said - it wasn’t Camilla Charles was having an affair
with but Tiggy Leg-Bourke, she also said Tiggy was pregnant
Diana was going to be sued but the late Queen stepped in and the Leg-Bourke’s didn’t sue
Harry is ok with this, he attended Tiggy’s wedding and is Godfather to her child .
William and Harry adored Tiggy, Diana was so jealous, as she was with the nanny and got rid of her .

keepingquiet Thu 28-Nov-24 13:34:09

MissAdventure

I've no idea about his book.
In fact, I've no idea what on earth I'm talking about, any of the royals, know nothing about any of so I had better butt out smile

Me too- just don't get why anyone would be interested in these free-loaders.

tattygran14 Thu 28-Nov-24 14:13:02

I totally agree. I have no respect for either of them. Cruel and entitled.

MissAdventure Thu 28-Nov-24 14:25:06

ruthiek

As an ex avid fan of Diana I was blind to her faults but over the years I came to realise how manipulative she was , yes before all Diana lovers have heart failure she was cheated on by C&C but they had an enduring love that has lasted decades and have been true to one another, DIana on the other hand went out of her way to get what she wanted and to hell with other people, Will Carling was one marriage she wrecked along with Oliver Hoare plus others , she played the victim game very well and damaged her children through it, God knows how William has come out of it so well , perhaps he was lucky to find a good woman who loved him, at an early age . Harry on the other hand is a very damaged man/boy and is taking it out on Camilla. Just wish the press would leave the royals alone now

I think it's fair to say those men played their own part in wrecking their marriages.

Anniebach Thu 28-Nov-24 14:50:25

I agree but Diana was wrong with her - there were three in the marriage, she really did tell many lies

MissAdventure Thu 28-Nov-24 14:51:57

I liked her because she was human, with flaws.
It appeals more to me than the idea of perfection.

Anniebach Thu 28-Nov-24 14:54:48

Depends on the flaws surely,

MissAdventure Thu 28-Nov-24 14:56:29

She had none that impacted me or mine.

Nano14 Thu 28-Nov-24 14:59:37

Judging by the 'facts' on this thread, methinks that some of you have been watching that famous work of fiction, 'The Crown'.