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King Charles allegedly rallied for years to guarantee that his beloved woman Camilla would beryllium recognized arsenic queen.
The declare was made by Christopher Anderson, writer of "The King: The Life of Charles III," for which he said to galore insiders astir Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son. According to nan U.K.’s DailyMail, "well-placed sources" alleged that Buckingham Palace is group to officially picture Camilla arsenic "queen," alternatively than "queen consort."
A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace didn’t instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.
Sources told nan U.K.'s DailyMail that Buckingham Palace will reportedly driblet "consort" from Camilla's title aft she's crowned successful May. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
"For nan past 18 years, I've been telling group that Camilla would beryllium queen… arsenic Charles pledged erstwhile he convinced Queen Elizabeth to let him to wed his longtime mistress successful 2005, and not ‘queen consort,’ which is simply a title that has ne'er really existed," Andersen claimed to Fox News Digital. "The woman of nan king is of people his consort, but she is also, simply, nan queen."
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"I've ne'er ceased to beryllium amazed astatine really gullible some nan British property and nationalist were connected this issue," Andersen insisted. "Charles ne'er intended to support his committedness to nan British people, who person ever kept a typical spot successful their hearts for nan female who they felt was robbed of nan title – Princess Diana."
In February 2022, respective months earlier her death, nan precocious queen marked the 70th day of her rule pinch support for Camilla. At nan time, nan monarch expressed her "sincere wish" that Charles’ woman should beryllium known arsenic "Queen Consort" erstwhile her boy succeeds her.
In February 2022, Queen Elizabeth II expressed a "sincere wish" that Camilla, would beryllium known arsenic "queen consort" erstwhile nan erstwhile Prince Charles succeeds her. (Photo by Tim Graham Picture Library/Getty Images)
The queen passed distant successful September of that twelvemonth astatine property 96.
It took years for galore successful Britain to forgive Charles, whose admitted infidelity and long-time links to Camilla torpedoed his matrimony to Diana, known arsenic "the People’s Princess." The glamorous young mother of Princes William and Harry died successful a Paris car clang successful 1997, 5 years aft her messy, nationalist divided from Charles. She was 36.
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When Camilla, 75, joined Charles successful 2005, it was wide assumed she would not beryllium known arsenic queen erstwhile Charles, 74, acceded to nan throne. However, Elizabeth's words group nan grounds consecutive connected her daughter-in-law, who was initially shunned by Diana's supporters.
The Prince of Wales and his caller bride Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, pinch their families (L-R backmost row) Prince Harry, Prince William, Tom and Laura Parker Bowles (L-R beforehand row) Duke of Edinburgh, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Camilla's begetter Major Bruce Shand, successful nan White Drawing Room astatine Windsor Castle aft their wedding ceremony, April 9, 2005, successful Windsor, England. (Photo by Hugo Burnand/Pool/Getty Images)
Despite nan imaginable outcry, Charles has agelong made it clear that he wanted Camilla to beryllium known arsenic queen.
"I revealed successful my book that Charles hammered distant relentlessly astatine nan precocious queen for 17 years, pleading pinch her to endorse Camilla arsenic queen and not simply consort," Andersen claimed. "Toward nan extremity of her life nan queen did conscionable that, rather reluctantly I'm told, and it was a daze to Diana's sons."
"William and Harry… some really believed nan king would grant his original promise retired of respect for their precocious mother," Andersen alleged. "After all, it was Charles' matter pinch Camilla that caused Diana truthful overmuch heartache, ended their parents' marriage, and group into mobility nan concatenation of events that yet led to Diana's death. In nan end, Charles and Camilla person gotten everything they ever wanted."
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Lady Diana Spencer, left, and Camilla Parker-Bowles astatine Ludlow Races wherever Prince Charles is competing successful 1980. Diana later told Panorama successful 1995, "There were 3 of america successful this marriage, truthful it was a spot crowded". (Photo by Express Newspapers/Archive Photos)
"Sadly, it appears that cipher other has," Andersen added.
In January of this year, Harry accused his stepmother of leaking backstage conversations to nan media to burnish her ain reputation. The accusation was published successful his explosive memoir, "Spare." In interviews to beforehand nan book, nan Duke of Sussex accused members of nan royal family of getting "into furniture pinch nan devil" to summation favorable tabloid coverage, singling retired Camilla’s efforts to rehabilitate her image pinch nan British group aft her longtime matter pinch his father.
"That made her vulnerable because of nan connections that she was forging wrong nan British press," nan 38-year-old told CBS. "There was unfastened willingness connected some sides to waste and acquisition information. And pinch a family built connected hierarchy, and pinch her connected nan measurement to being queen consort, location was gonna beryllium group aliases bodies near successful nan street."
In January, Prince Harry sat down pinch Anderson Cooper for a "60 Minutes" question and reply wherever he said candidly astir his stepmother. (Screenshot/Twitter)
In reflecting connected his father's matrimony to Camilla, Harry admitted, "I had analyzable feelings astir gaining a stepparent who, I believed, had precocious sacrificed maine connected her individual PR altar."
Still, he wanted his begetter to beryllium happy.
"In a funny way, I moreover wanted Camilla to beryllium happy," Harry noted. "Maybe she’d beryllium little vulnerable if she was happy?"
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In nan book, Harry wrote that he and William some "begged" their begetter not to wed Camilla, worried she would go a "wicked stepmother."
Andersen said it will beryllium arguable if nan palace chooses to move guardant connected dropping "consort" from Camilla’s title. The king and his woman will beryllium crowned astatine Westminster Abbey successful May. Currently, she is known arsenic "Her Majesty The Queen Consort," nan royal family’s website pointed out.
Camilla is listed arsenic "Her Majesty The Queen Consort" connected nan royal family's website. (Photo by Victoria Jones - Pool/Getty Images)
"I wonderment really nan precocious queen would feel," said Andersen. "It took her 17 years to yet front to Charles' demands and publically state that she wished her subjects to judge Camilla arsenic their queen consort. The connection ‘consort’ was location for a reason. The wives of erstwhile monarchs were known simply arsenic queen, and if Charles' first matrimony had not been destroyed by his matter pinch Camilla, connected May 6 we would beryllium seeing nan crowning of Queen Diana. Charles' mother wanted to make it clear that Camilla was a typical case, and not rather nan adjacent of those that person gone earlier her successful position of royal protocol."
"I would ideate she's turning complete successful nan royal vault, knowing that moreover aft she made this awesome concession it apparently wasn't enough," Andersen continued. "The palace is tone-deaf connected nan taxable of Camilla. The king's advisers neglect to admit nan truth that, contempt each their Herculean efforts to rebrand Camilla, astatine slightest half nan state is wary astir her being crowned alongside Charles. The imaginable for a awesome backlash is there."
The nationalist temper complete Camilla has softened complete nan years.
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Princess Diana passed distant from injuries she sustained successful a 1997 car crash. Over nan years, nan public's temper complete Camilla has softened. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)
Since marrying into nan British royal family, Camilla has taken connected roles astatine much than 100 charities, focusing connected a wide scope of issues including promoting literacy, supporting victims of home unit and helping nan elderly.
With a down-to-Earth style and consciousness of humor, she yet won complete galore Britons. Her warmth softened Charles’ stuffy image and made him look much relaxed, if not happier, arsenic he visited houses of worship, unveiled plaques and waited for his chance to reign.
Following nan queen’s announcement, Charles thanked his mother for her support.
The erstwhile Prince Charles, center, thanked his mother Queen Elizabeth II, left, for her support. (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
"We are profoundly conscious of nan honour represented by my mother’s wish," he said. "As we person sought together to service and support Her Majesty and nan group of our communities, my darling woman has been my ain patient support throughout.’’
The queen’s comments brought backmost memories of 1 of nan lowest moments of her reign. The royal family was criticized for its first soundlessness successful nan aftermath of Diana’s death, pinch 1 newspaper proclaiming "Your People Are Suffering. Speak to Us Ma’am."
In backing Charles and Camilla, Elizabeth remembered nan support she received from her husband, Prince Philip, who died successful 2021 astatine property 99 aft decades astatine her side, arsenic good arsenic nan domiciled her mother played arsenic nan woman of a king.
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King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort will beryllium crowned connected May 6. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
"I americium fortunate to person had nan patient and loving support of my family," wrote nan queen. "I was blessed that, successful Prince Philip, I had a partner consenting to transportation retired nan domiciled of consort and unselfishly make nan sacrifices that spell pinch it. It is simply a domiciled I saw my ain mother execute during my father’s reign."
"And when, successful nan fullness of time, my boy Charles becomes king, I cognize you will springiness him and his woman Camilla nan aforesaid support that you person fixed me," she added.
A root told nan Mail it made consciousness for Camilla to beryllium known arsenic "queen."
Princess Diana and Prince Charles connected their wedding day, circa 1981. For years, galore blamed Camilla for nan breakdown of nan couple's marriage. Diana and Charles' divorcement was finalized successful 1996, a twelvemonth earlier her death. ( Photo by Terry Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)
"There’s a position successful nan palace that ‘queen consort’ is cumbersome, and it mightiness beryllium simpler for Camilla to beryllium known conscionable arsenic nan queen erstwhile nan clip is right," nan root alleged. "… Prince Philip was prince consort officially, but he wasn’t known arsenic prince consort. The queen would still beryllium ‘queen consort,' truthful nan palace, of course, wouldn’t extremity anyone calling ‘Her Majesty’ that if they truthful chose."
The study noted that immoderate U.K. outlets, including The Times and The Telegraph, person dropped "consort" erstwhile penning astir Camilla.
"There’s a emotion that nan clip will travel erstwhile it’s simpler each astir to mention to Camilla simply arsenic our queen," a root told nan outlet. "Until past she will beryllium referred to arsenic 'queen consort.’"
Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Stephanie Nolasco covers intermezo astatine Foxnews.com.
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