With the coronation of King Charles III days away and his first seven months on the throne under his belt, many in Britain have grown to accept Camilla.
Camilla Rosemary Shand — born July 17, 1947 to a family with long links with Britain’s royal family — reportedly first met Charles at a polo match in 1970, when she was 23. The pair quickly became close, but their romance was interrupted when Charles went on naval duty.
; a global outpouring of grief followed. Camilla and Charles waited until 2005 to marry in a private civil ceremony. “When you meet her, she doesn’t appear to be aloof in any way whatsoever,” Seward said. “She’s just always the same as she was. And I think this is one probably one of her biggest assets.”
Earlier this month, Buckingham Palace’s official coronation invitations referred to Camilla as “Queen Camilla” for the first time. Queen consorts do not formally share the sovereign’s powers, and dropping the “consort” part of the title won't change that. Nonetheless, the change marked another step in Camilla’s long road to rehabilitating her image.
Her image makeover hit a snag when her stepson, Prince Harry, stirred up old grievances and painted her as a schemer who played “the long game," with a campaign aimed at “marriage and eventually the crown.”
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