With the coronation over, King Charles faces a racial reckoning.The biggest moments from King Charles's coronation concert.in the end, I sort of rise above it and get on with it.' Read more about King Charles III's coronation: nobody likes to be looked at all the time and you know, criticised. a deeply unpleasant time, and I wouldn't want to put my worst enemy through it,' she told The Mail on Sunday's You magazine in 2017.Īnd to Vogue in 2022: 'You have to find a way to live with it. In only in a couple of interviews she has offered a glimpse of the toll of decades of critical scrutiny. She's happy to be in a supporting role and doesn't seek the limelight.Ĭamilla is not one to moan and was raised to be a natural optimist, but it hasn't been easy. When you meet her, she is warm, down-to-earth, charming and interested, winning over the surliest critics. In the years that followed Camilla has slowly won over the public one handshake at a time. There is no question that, together, Charles and Camilla, pictured here in 2015, make a great couple. My son is home and dry with the woman he loves.' 'They have come through and I'm very proud and wish them well. 'They have overcome Becher's Brook and the Chair and all kinds of other terrible obstacles,' she said. The Queen compared her son's love affair with Camilla to the running of the famous Grand National horse race (a passion for horses and horseracing was something the Queen shared with her new daughter-in-law). But the most important stamp of approval came from Queen Elizabeth who, at the wedding reception for 800 guests, gave a speech that set the tone for the years ahead. They are always laughing and joking and clearly very happy. There is no question that, together, Charles and Camilla make a great couple.

A speech set the tone for the years ahead 'The vast majority of spectators were there because they were delighted that Charles was finally marrying the woman they knew he had loved for over 30 years,' wrote royal biographer Penny Junor. It couldn't have been more different to the lavish fairytale hoopla at St Paul's Cathedral with Charles and Diana back in 1981, their kiss on Buckingham Palace balcony sending the public wild.īut on the day, dissenters were few and crowds were largely joyous, gently cheering. It was a subdued occasion, a civil ceremony at Guildhall in Windsor, followed by a church blessing in St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, only the latter attended by Charles's mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. ( Reuters)īridging such a cavernous gap felt impossible.īut following a targeted PR offensive - dubbed 'operation Mrs PB' (Parker Bowles) - the wedding was set for April 2005. Charles and Camilla on their wedding day in 2005.

Love Comes Home by Andrew Grey