A hostile relationship between William and Camilla? Outbursts and tantrums aimed at
Prince Charles? Prince Charming has a temper – and it all stems from Camilla.
Here's how he really feels about her new title.
Queen Elizabeth II shocked the world on February 6, 2022, as she celebrated her 70th anniversary on
the throne. That's when she made the official announcement that Camilla Parker Bowles,
Prince Charles' second wife, would be called queen consort when Charles
takes the throne. When Charles and Camilla first married in a civil ceremony in 2005,
the queen didn't even attend, but she did give Camilla the title the Duchess of Cornwall.
However, Camilla was never expected to be called queen, but rather princess consort.
How Charles and Camilla came to be married is the stuff of soap operas. Charles and Camilla
had been involved before he married Diana Spencer, later known as the Princess of Wales. They also
carried on an affair while Charles and Diana were married, something they both admitted happened
before Charles and Diana's eventual divorce in 1996. With Camilla known as the "other woman"
for years before she officially became a member of the royal family, royal watchers were curious
how Diana's children would react to their grandmother's latest announcement about Camilla.
Prince William reportedly had a hard time accepting his father's new wife in the beginning,
but Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles have been married for well over a decade and
feelings have cooled through the years. An insider explained to the Daily Mail:
"None of this can have been easy for him.
There were huge family rows in the early stages of Charles and Camilla's marriage
as everyone found their feet. William didn't have the best relationship with his father back then.
But he sees that Camilla had made his father happy and it is something he has come to terms with."
The source also said that, although Prince William was not involved in
the decision-making process regarding his grandmother's decision about Camilla's title,
he would have made sure to give his blessing. The source explained:
"His relationship with the Prince of Wales is better than it ever
has been. He is not particularly close to his stepmother but they
get on perfectly well and are quite the blended family now."
While Prince William now appears to be supportive of his step-mother
Camilla Parker Bowles one day being known as queen consort,
it was reportedly a long road for William to get to a place where he could feel this way.
According to author Penny Junor, who wrote "Prince William: Born to be King," Camilla never tried to
take Diana's place, but that didn't really matter to her sons at one time. Junor wrote:
"I think the relationship between them all is warm now but if I'm honest,
it wasn't then. I think they found it hard. To be fair to Camilla, she never tried to be mummy
but she was the 'other woman' and she was there and taking daddy's time."
In fact, the relationship between both of Charles'
sons with his new wife was said to be downright brutal.
Even Camilla Parker Bowles was taken aback at how Prince William
felt about her when she first married Prince Charles in 2005. Author Robert
Lacey chronicled these early squabbles in his book, "Battle of Brothers," saying:
"In the years after her 2005 marriage to Prince Charles,
Camilla has recounted to her own family and close friends
her surprise at discovering this unexpected side to Prince Charming – 'the boy's got a temper!'"
The book explained that William didn't always keep his manners in check,
and often went off on his father. Lacey went on to say:
"Charles's wife had been horrified at the ranting and raving that on occasion
William had unleashed against her husband in her presence."
The Daily Mail confirmed what Lacey wrote when a royal source described the same kind
of relationship, as well as hostility between William and Charles in those early days.
Fortunately, it also seems like one member of the family holds William's utmost respect:
His grandmother. And if she wants Camilla to be known as queen consort, well, that's
how it's going to be. As a source explained to the Daily Mail, speaking about William:
"He also respects his grandmother and her judgment
more than anything in the world. If it is right for her, then it will be right for him."
Perhaps the saying 'time heals all wounds' has
turned out to be true in the case of William and Camilla.
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