"Camilla Parker Bowels Hurt by 'Years of Hatred'; Her Former Daughter - In-law Opens Up About Her Suffering"

"Camilla Parker Bowels Hurt by 'Years of Hatred'; Her Former Daughter - In-law Opens Up About Her Suffering" 

On Monday, July 17, Camilla Parker Bowles celebrated her 76th birthday. For the occasion, her former daughter-in-law Sara Parker Bowles recalled her memories of the queen consort in the columns of the Times, confessing how badly she had lived through the period when the kingdom was against her.

This is the story of a love triangle that has made as much headlines as it has caused suffering to its protagonists, each in their own way. Further popularized by the series The Crown, the extramarital relationship between Prince Charles, married to Lady Diana in 1981, and the great love of his life Camilla Parker Bowles, has had many twists and turns. A union refused by the Crown, a secret love then an explosion when the world learns, from the mouth of Lady Di herself, who drops the famous "We were three in this marriage", the truth. Camilla then becomes, in opposition to the people's adoration for her rival, one of the most hated characters in Great Britain. Nicknamed "the rottweiler" by the British tabloids, she will have to be patient to regain the favors of her people, who will eventually accept and even appreciate seeing her become queen consort on May 6th.

"She was very brave and did not complain"

However, this long period of hatred was very difficult to live for the future monarch. A version confirmed by her former daughter-in-law Sara Parker Bowles this Monday in the columns of the Times magazine. The ex-wife of her eldest son Thomas Parker Bowles looked back on this period during which Camilla would have suffered a lot from criticism, but always in silence: "Camilla was not accepted at all. She did not talk about it. She was very brave and did not complain. Tom feared that it would happen again at the queen's death, but the opposite happened", she recounts on the occasion of the 76th birthday of her former mother-in-law, with whom she has remained very close despite the divorce.

The woman who is now an editor in the fashion industry also discussed Camilla's attitude during the Coronation, to which she was invited: "Camilla was very, very nervous. She wanted to be surrounded by the people she loved. The king was not nervous at all. But Camilla did not ask for any of this. She is the human face of the royal family, because she is not part of it. They really need these outsiders" she estimated. Could "Gaga", as her grandchildren call her, be the best possible person alongside Charles III?