The article explores Queen Camilla's journey from being kept in the shadows to becoming a prominent figure in the Royal Family. It highlights her role as a grandmother and how it provides her with an anchor to 'the real world'. The piece also discusses her recent royal engagements and her close relationship with King Charles.
The past nine months have seen Queen Camilla truly claim her place as one of the Royal Family ’s greatest secret weapons. Her journey from being kept in the shadows to shining front and centre has been one for the history books – but, away from the glaring spotlight, she is first and foremost a wife, mother and a grandmother.
It was the start of a busy week for the Queen as she arrived to open the new headquarters of nearby Stonegate Farmers shortly afterwards, before hosting a reception at St James’s Palace to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Book Aid International the following day. Moving on to Thursday, she visited the English National Ballet’s Mulryan Centre for Dance, before rounding off the week with a tour of RAF Leeming in her role as Honorary Air Commodore.
“I think Camilla is leading the way in how to enjoy a blended family,” Jennie muses. “Ever since their marriage, Charles and Camilla have included her side of the family more and more in royal get-togethers. Christmas at Sandringham has become an enormous family event, with many of Camilla’s relatives invited to stay alongside the usual band of royals - and the same applies to spending time at Balmoral over the summer holidays.
“This whole extraordinary adventure that Camilla Parker Bowles is on – from being the other woman in a marital triangle to becoming a widely admired consort to the King – could have gone either way,” Jennie says. "She’s always been a cracking conversationalist and she really does seem to enjoy meeting people. It might look like a doddle, but chatting with total strangers, making them feel at ease, being briefed about all sorts of campaigns and issues so that she can ask pertinent questions – all that is quite tiring, both emotionally and physically. Especially for a woman of 77.”
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