Duchess of Cornwall ‘squeezes at both ends,’ which is how she married a prince

My mother was/is a total Diana-obsessive, so she’ll probably hate me for saying this but… I think Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, seems like a lot of fun. Like, Camilla isn’t my favorite royal family member, but I would much rather hang out with Camilla than Kate. Camilla seems like she knows some good dirty jokes and when Camilla laughs, it’s a real laugh and not a fake toothy laugh for the cameras.

These are some photos of Camilla hanging out with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver as part of a photo-op for The Great Get Together, a weekend event this June which will basically be like a national cookout weekend. Events are planned to benefit the Jo Cox Foundation and The Big Lunch. So, obviously, Camilla did a photo-op with Jamie Oliver and Hugh (who is a celebrity chef in England, for those of you who didn’t know) where they were supposed to be icing/frosting some cupcakes. I think the goal was to get the icing/frosting to look like little Union Jacks. But once Camilla got her hands on the frosting bag, all hell broke loose. She squirted frosting all over Hugh’s tie (he licked it off himself) and then this happened:

The trio decorated Union Jack-covered cupcakes for the occasion, but there was a mishap in Camilla’s icing application: She accidentally squirted the tube of icing — at Fearnley-Whittingstall’s tie! The chef, however, didn’t let the flying frosting flub him: Fearnley-Whittingstall just licked the rogue frosting off his tie and went on with his baking.

“Icing has never quite been my forte,” Camilla admitted before the sticky incident occurred.

Fearnley-Whittingstall didn’t hold back on giving Camilla icing-application critiques — despite her royal title.

“If you don’t mind me saying, you’ve been squeezing it at both ends,” he said to her, to which she replied, “Am I not supposed to do that? Maybe I should come for icing lessons.”

[From People]

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you end up married to a prince. At least now we know why Prince Charles was obsessed with Camilla for decades. She squeezes at both ends. She has a firm, two-handed maneuver which can lead to some “sticky” situations. Bless her. She’s so funny. I imagine the two men were quite into it.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Getty.

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  1. Daisy says:

    Camilla, Charles and Anne are the only somewhat likable members if the British Royal family.

    • WendyNerd says:

      It really, really is amazing that this is the attitude now, considering…

      • Alessia says:

        …many of the circumstances since 1980?

      • L84Tea says:

        When I was a kid and would spend my summers in NJ at my grandparents, I would spend the whole summer reading STAR magazines that my grandmother would buy and save for me all year long. So as a child, I was pretty Diana obsessed and thought Camilla was the devil. But now, she just seems like a pretty cool old broad who would be fun to drink a beer with. I always get a kick out of Camilla.

      • Miss Melissa says:

        I adored Diana as a child. She was a real-life princess, and I was a kid.

        And so was she. Diana was a girl, and she was correct, she was a lamb brought to the slaughter. Heaven forbid she actual want to take part in her own life and have a real marriage.

        Charles was an old man at 19, who wanted and needed a grown a$$ woman. Camilla is and always has been that. And she has always been good for him.

        Everyone screwed that one up, because there were too many cooks in the kitchen, most of whom were operating on 19th century codes of royal protocol. The marriage should never have been arranged, Charles should never have gone along with it and led Diana down the path, the palace should have relented and let him be with the woman he actually loved. Bad actors all around. Marriage is complicated enough as it is, you know?

        The sad part is that, in hindsight, I don’t see how it could have ended any other way than it did. It was a recipe for disaster.

      • notasugarhere says:

        The palace isn’t to blame for Charles not marrying Camilla earlier. She didn’t want to marry him. She wanted an affair with him, but her ultimate marriage goal was Andrew Parker-Bowles. Many wanted APB, even Princess Anne.

      • Miss Melissa says:

        The palace wanted a virgin and got one. No denying that.

      • notasugarhere says:

        You’re projecting and don’t know what the Palace wanted. Regardless of what the Palace may or may not have wanted, it is inaccurate to say that the Palace is responsible for Charles not marrying Camilla earlier. She didn’t want to marry him, so no reason for Charles to go to the Palace and fight for her.

      • trtgfc17 says:

        I guess enough time has gone by for people to forget how much of a despicable leech this woman was during Diana’s marriage to Charles. Diana has outright called her out her name and said that there were THREE people in that relationship, and that she would have stayed with Charles forever if Camilla would just see herself out of their marriage. I would never downplay a cheating husband; it was and still is his fault, but Camilla had NO shame in publicly being the “other woman” and never backing off of a married man. It really makes me sick to see this B living the life with Charles after Diana magically died. It sends shivers up my spine.

      • trtgfc17 says:

        I guess enough time has gone by for people to forget how much of a despicable leech this woman was during Diana’s marriage to Charles. Diana has outright called her out her name and said that there were THREE people in that relationship, and that she would have stayed with Charles forever if Camilla would just see herself out of their marria Ige. I would never downplay a cheating husband; it was and still is his fault, but Camilla had NO shame in publicly being the “other woman” and never backing off of a married man. It really makes me sick to see this B living the life with Charles after Diana magically died. It sends shivers up my spine.

      • notasugarhere says:

        No one is perfect. None of these people did anything to you. Charles and Diana were never meant to be, never going to last. Far past time to put it behind you.

        Charles didn’t cheat on you. He did nothing to you personally. So much projecting going on from people who are convinced Diana was a saint. Never backing off a married man? Conveniently forgetting that Diana was known for her obsessive behavior when chasing men, particularly the (at least) three married men with whom she had affairs.

        Diana, Charles, and Camilla made peace with each other before she died. That’s right. Diana moved on. Time for you to do so as well.

    • Wendywoo says:

      HUGE Camilla fan.

    • Elizabette says:

      Camilla is the only one I like ….
      I loved Diana also….but that was then. This is now and she’s not coming back.
      Kate, like her mother and sister were social climbers…BEAUTIFUL but stick in the muds.
      If Charles were allowed to marry HIS LOVE..we wouldn’t be having this post.
      Too bad that Princess Margaret and Prince Charles didn’t have the latitude that was graciously given to the NOW generation.

    • LA Elle says:

      I know she’s not genetically a member of the royal family, but I like Sophie as well. And (on a shallow note) I don’t get why more isn’t said about her style.

      But yes, Anne and Charles especially make the concept of modern royalty much more palatable. Heck, even Zara seems to understand her position between than some of her cousins …

  2. HK9 says:

    Camilla looks really good here.

    • Aurelia says:

      Andrew Parker Bowled was THE hottest property back in the day. All the society chicks were after him. Cam snared him. Chuck heartbroken. So was princess anne who also porked andrew.

      You are correct, cam never intended to marry Chuck. Just keep had as a side piece. The aristos are free to play after an her and a spare are locked in.

  3. Patty says:

    Yeah. I like Camilla, I bet she’d be fun to have a drink with you and gossip with.

  4. Jessica says:

    I think Camilla seems like she would be a lot of fun to have a drink with.

    • Mel M says:

      Me too. I grew up thinking she was evil but I think she is great now. I follow Clarence House on IG and she is always working and she gets into it and her hands dirty and just seems to genuinely care and is is using her position the way she should. Both her and Charles just do so much more then those other two and they’ve get less attention for it.

    • xo says:

      I’ve grown to like her, too.

  5. shannon says:

    Too funny! I like her.

  6. bluhare says:

    I have gone from thinking she’s a horrible person to liking Camilla. She does her job, and she does it well. She doesn’t moan about her privacy endlessly and she doesn’t make excuses. She gives the media quotes and from all accounts they like her.

    She also takes on some difficult causes; there was a video last week of her at a domestic violence charity listening to a woman talk about her ex husband killing their children and the horrible abuse she went through. The whole room was in tears and Camilla was too. Yet she still gave a quote for the camera person.

    I just saw an article in The Spectator about how Charles wants her to be queen rather than a lesser title when he is king, and the writer does not agree because it would be a “reward for adultery”.

    • Sixer says:

      If we must have royals, I also find her very acceptable in the role. Genuine human interaction, good sport, sense of humour, unabashed about bling.

      I honestly don’t see the point of modernising the BRF, when the result of that is the Cambridges. Either get rid, or leave it as it was – anachronistic, pointless, slightly embarrassing but at least does noblesse oblige with a bit of commitment and panache.

      • bluhare says:

        I agree with you Sixer. I’m becoming more republican by the day looking at the future with William and Kate.

      • Maria says:

        i totally agree. you cannot modernize such an old fashion institution. I feel a lot of the younger royals (all over the world) want the lifestyle, but not the restrictions that come with it. Which is fine, but then I can just pay my taxes for a regular representative president, I can replace every 4 years and whose gazillion family members and I do not have to support.

      • L84Tea says:

        I won’t lie, when I watched the series “The Crown”, seeing all the responsibility laid on QE2’s shoulders and the burden she took on, all I could think was ‘shame on all these young royals today’. @Maria, you are absolutely right. They want the lifestyle, but not the job. But the job = the lifestyle and the lifestyle = the job. Without the job, you’re just a British Kardashian.

      • Sixer says:

        As you guys all know, I am a staunch republican. I would far prefer that we got rid.

        But the Cambridges? Worst of both worlds.

        And, since there is little appetite to go to the bother of getting rid here, I think Camilla is by far the preferable face of royalty.

    • Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

      She works with the media and she tries to give them something to work with – a quote, funny photo etc.. She very rarely gives interview thou.

      She very behind an initiative that gives rape victims a luxury wash bag – something that many who have received it say it means a lot to them.

      I wouldn’t mind if she became Queen Consort – she’d be good at the role.

      • bluhare says:

        Reading about those rape kits was what won me over. It is such a small gesture, really, but an really good example of how small gestures can mean everything. And her office put them together and got the donated toiletries. And I think it was really nice stuff too. Molton & Brown or something like that.

      • Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

        ^ I know – she’s a proactive person and its such a great idea.

        This is an article about it from the Telegraph for other readers:

        http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/11931969/Theresa-May-praises-Duchess-of-Cornwalls-hugely-important-work-highlighting-sexual-violence.html

      • Tourmaline says:

        Agree, she actually seems like a very lovely person. If you look at the Twitter for Arthur Edwards, who has been a royal news photog for 40 plus years, there are cute recent videos of her dancing with Arthur at a Valentines event. Try to imagine Keen Kate ever doing the same and you will see why the royal press corps absolutely love Camilla and heavily side-eye Kate.

      • Betsy says:

        Oh, that’s such a thoughtful idea. And her quote at the end? So sensible and so kind.

      • Christin says:

        I have been won over by her as well. She seems the better option out of the current crop of royals, despite the rocky history of the 1980s.

      • Sarah says:

        When Kate and Wills were avoiding any press during their India trip, a story came out about Camilla, who walked with the media, chatting and laughing, from one destination to another on a trip with Charles. Can you IMAGINE Kate doing that???

      • JustBitchy says:

        Agreed with you completelet DU/Betti

    • notasugarhere says:

      I like her too. She’s engaged, gives a good show (dancing with Arthur Edwards last week), and takes on difficult things. Charles appears more centered and calm now. He needed someone who was always on his side, and there she is good or bad.

      The titles could have been dealt with a few years ago, when they changed the succession to remove primogeniture. A politician suggested changing other titles to King & Princess Consort or Queen & Prince Consort. He was shouted down, but it would have been less sexist and solve the Camilla title “problem”.

      • Tourmaline says:

        Jinx I just mentioned the Arthur Edwards thing too!

        When you think that she did not enter the royal family until she was almost 60, and that it seems that she would prefer to be living a quiet life in the country and not in the spotlight, it is even more commendable that she has embraced her role the way that she has.

    • MissMarierose says:

      Oh, that’s ridiculous. And a double standard to boot since Charles won’t get a “lesser title” because of adultery when his mom dies.
      I agree that Camilla is doing a great job and has for years. I think it’s ridiculous that people are still referring to her by a “lesser title” instead of the Princess of Wales title she is entitled to, just because of a woman who divorced the prince and died 20 years ago.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Technically, she is the Princess of Wales, it is one of her many titles. She chooses to be known by the Duchess of Cornwall title.

      • bluhare says:

        I couldn’t agree more. That writer took such a priggish attitude about it.

        Although technically Diana didn’t divorce him. I don’t think she really wanted a divorce (did she???); I always thought it was the Queen who said it’s time.

      • Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

        @bluhare – ITA, Diana didn’t want a divorce. I think she wanted to shame Charles into dumping his mistresses and be a good husband to her – she did love him and I think he did love her back (in his own way) but their relationship had gone past being saveable.

        The Queen got fed up with all the press games – I think that Panorama interview was the final nail in the coffin that pushed TQ into telling them to stop fighting and just get divorced if things were that bad.

      • Carol says:

        I remember reading that they might have stayed unofficially separated, but Diana started denying Charles access to the boys. He asked the Queen to allow them to move forward with an official separation and divorce so that custody and visitation could be sorted out officially. At least that was one tgeory.
        I like Camilla and never bought the helpless “I am just an innocent victim” line Diana tried so desperately to sell. Both Diana and Charles screwed up their marriage. I am glad he seems happier now.

    • The Voice says:

      That’s funny because 2 people committed adultery. If she has to have a lesser title, does that mean Charles does too because he was the other adulterous party? I can’t stand the hypocrisy.

      • Anitas says:

        The whole concept of monarchy is one big hypocrisy. Yes it’s despicable she bears more blame than Charles, but why is it a surprise? This is just a drop in the ocean of inequality that the royalty is based on.

    • Anitas says:

      She’s harmless and likable now that she has what she wanted, so she doesn’t have to be complicit in cold-blooded destruction of marriages anymore. Same as Charles. But I guess morality runs differently in these circles. They seem fairly committed public servants, good for them. Are they likable in the sense I’d like to know or have contact with people like them? Hell no.

    • Eleonor says:

      She does a lot to support women who have faced domestic violence, and she has my respect for this.

      • Meow says:

        Yes, same. Imagine Doolittle trying to support a similar charity and give another insensitivity speech – “I was loved by my parents and so have never experienced this, unlike poor people.”

        Just like her same old sound bites for Place2Be

    • DP1 says:

      How can you respect this woman for supporting women who faced domestic violence when HER OWN HUSBAND, repeatedly incurred violence against his own wife? It is a tradegy and I hope Camilla is watching her backside for the same retaliation–possibly this is the reason she leaves and stays at her home every 2 week because she needs “space” and “time for herself”. She was with Charles before Diana and finally got what she wanted after Diana’s death. Now, she has to go home every 2 weeks to get away from him. Again, what a tragedy Diana’s death was.

  7. PunkyMomma says:

    You bet she knows how to squeeze both ends. Remember Charles was revealed to have told her (while he was still married to Diana) that he wanted to be her tampon?

    • L84Tea says:

      I still have the SNL skit of Dana Carvey playing Charles and getting scientifically shrunken down into a little tampon burned in my brain!

    • Nancy says:

      Ha! I read that. Poor Diana never had a chance with a comment like that. She was forced into a loveless marriage by his mom. Oh those days of the Royals were much more exciting than the ones of today. When Diana was killed (which I believe), all the glamor and mystery died with her.

      • Montréalaise says:

        Diana was not killed – I wish people would stop repeating this conspiracy theory. If you are going to assassinate someone, you would plan it carefully, well in advance, based on your knowledge on where your victim is going to be in the future. Everything about Diana’s last few hours was thrown together at the last minute. She wasn’t even supposed to be in Paris that weekend – she had planned to return to London but accepted Dodi’s last-minute invitation to accompany him to Paris. Once there, they constantly changed their plans – first heading towards a restaurant, then going to the Ritz instead and finally, Dodi’s harebrained plan to outrace the paps by using a decoy car, concocted about 30 minutes before they left. Diana died because the driver of their car, a man Dodi hired, was stinking drunk and crashed the car at a high speed.

      • Spiderpig says:

        And because she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.

    • notasugarhere says:

      For chronology. Squidygate tapes were released in August 1992, showing possible affair between Diana and another man. Charles and Diana formally separated in early December 1992. Camillagate tape release didn’t happen until mid-January 1993.

      Why is Charles’s stolen private conservation always considered worse than Kate Middleton showing up at a movie about her favorite s e x gadget wearing playboy bunny ears?

      • Nancy says:

        It was a different time in life. Charles was always scrutinized, at least from what I understand. The boy, then the man who would never be King. Kate to me is asexual and/or boring, as his her husband so the only thing people talk about is her clothes and lack of makeup application skills! At least we have Harry to bring a little color into the picture.

      • Eleonor says:

        Jeez that was a mess of epic proportion….

      • DiamondGirl says:

        The timing of the tapes doesn’t matter. He and Camilla were always together before and during his marriage to Diana, while Camilla was still married as well. Camilla befriended the teenage Diana so she would be close to the whole thing.

      • Spiderpig says:

        Why on earth would a single young woman who is not a public figure going to a party wearing bunny ears conceivably be considered negative or even shocking? Even my grandmother wouldn’t consider that shocking.

        Hardly comparable to the married heir to the throne being caught telling his married lover he wanted to become her tampon.

        I like Charles and Camilla and God knows Kate has done plenty that is case for legitimiser critcism. This is not one of them.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Timing does matter, as do Diana’s multiple affairs during marriage and her multiple affairs with married men.

        Merely pointing out that some people get up in arms over Charles’s private comments, showing him to be a sexual being. But have no problem with Kate Middleton’s much more overt public behavior. Are 50-year-old men (the age Charles was around that time) not allowed to be sexual beings?

    • Dani says:

      That’s actually disgusting. Regardless of their affair, I think if any man ever said that to me I would balk. That’s sooo…intrusive.

      • LAK says:

        Dani: context is key. This was a private intimate conversation in which they were talking sexy talk. The complete quote is something along the lines of wanting to be all up in her, like a tampon so that he would be inside her all day. The conversation was illegally recorded and blasted worldwide by the media.

        I’m pretty sure if all our sexy conversations were recorded and put out for the world to read, there would be several vomit inducing quotes in there.

      • LAK says:

        Dani: context is key. This was a private conversation between 2 people in their version of a sexy conversation. The full quote is along the something like he wants to be in her all day like a tampon……paraphrasing. This intimate conversation was illegally recorded and blasted world wide.

        Pretty sure that if the sexy conversations with our SO / lovers were recorded and transcribed for the world to read and judge, there would be some vomit inducing gems therein.

      • Dani says:

        I actually read the transcript after i posted that comment and it’s not what I had pictured it to be, so I take it back. He was more horrified and kind of joking it seems. He said he wanted to be as close to her as he could, with his luck a Tampax. I initially took it as I literally want to be inside of you at all times.

    • graymatters says:

      Actually, he didn’t say that. He said he wanted to be as close to her as her underwear, but that with his luck, he’d turn into a tampon or something. He has a very self-deprecating sense of humor that often doesn’t translate well for the press.

    • EscapedConvent says:

      “I would like to live in your trousers,” said Charles.

  8. Paula says:

    Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall… I live for these names.

    Camilla is always at ease, I really like her.

  9. Alexandria says:

    I think she looks better when she’s older because she’s less stressed. I do like her.

  10. Digital Unicorn (aka Betti) says:

    Cams has grown on me – she takes her role seriously and works hard without b!tching about it. *cough*Cambridges*cough* And yes she’s the kind of person who I’d like to have a liquid lunch with – you’d have a laff.

  11. WendyNerd says:

    Arriving to frost with her 70’s hair
    Camilla jumps in and gets to work
    Though she acts without much flair
    She’ll even screw up with a gleeful smirk

    “I’ve been told to be thinner
    Been called a horseface and skank
    But I ended up the winner
    And I’m not too proud to wank!”

    She doesn’t look or act
    As some say women should
    But her victory is a fact
    She knows how to do some good

    She’s seen it get ugly and gotten dragged through the muck
    But her very special secret is that she doesn’t give a fuck

  12. Who ARE These People? says:

    This is and it isn’t what I thought it might be about.

  13. Adele Dazeem says:

    Agree with previous commenters. I love that dirty British sense of humor. She’s got it!

  14. huh says:

    A very commendable talent

  15. PennyLane says:

    Obviously I don’t know Camilla as a person and what she and Charles did to Diana wasn’t acceptable…but I will say this: horses love her.

    There are many photos of Camilla at an event where she is touching or petting a horse and the animal’s body language is totally saying, “You are awesome and I love you”. So I just cannot hate on Camilla. The horses have given their opinion and I have to respect that.

  16. flybaby says:

    I always thought Camilla and Charles were just as tragic as Diana. If they had been allowed to marry in the first place a lot of heartache and tragedy could have been avoided.

    • PHAKSI says:

      Except Camilla didn’t want to marry Charles. She wanted Andrew Parker- Bowles and she got him

    • LAK says:

      What Phaksi said.

      Plus Camilla wasn’t his only mistress. Charles had another long term mistress, Kanga, who has been airbrushed out of the story as she’s dead now and can’t contradict events.

      Kanga’s affair with Charles started a few months after he started dating Camilla in the 70s. The 3 of them were in a love triangle throughout the 70s and first half of the 80s. Kanga was jettisoned for being indiscreet with the press and she began to exhibit the mental illness that proved to ve her undoing.

      Everything people accuse Camilla can be thrown at Kanga because she was as complicit, calculating and involved as Camilla. The difference is that Diana never felt threatened by Kanga and actually formed a friendship with her despite knowing she was having it off with Charles too.

      I would speculate that the only reason Diana didn’t out Kanga in 1992 was because Kanga had been dropped by the late 80s and frozen out of the royal circles. Plus her various illnesses had taken root by then.

      It would be a completely different version of events if Kanga and Diana were still alive today.

      • Maria says:

        I though that Kanga had such a tragic life at the end. In my opinion, she was way prettier than Camila. She talked to the press, that was her mistake. I don’t think Charles went to her funeral. Not many did. Very sad, and she wasn’t even fifty when she died.
        Camilla makes Charles happy, I’ll give her that. Otherwise never been that crazy about the woman.

      • LAK says:

        And yet Charles once said that Kanga was the only woman who understood him……

    • notasugarhere says:

      Ditto-ing PHAKSI and LAK. Didn’t see your posts before I commented above.

  17. Tia says:

    The thing to remember about Charles and Camilla is that they were playing by recognised aristocratic marriage rules. Once the heir and the spare were born, discreet affairs were expected. Unfortunately, Diana was expecting a modern monogamous marriage and the clash of expectations was a disaster.

    • tigerlily says:

      And Diana grew up knowing those rules…….why she thought her marriage should be different is beyond me. Especially after that horrible engagement interview: when Charles was asked if he and Diana were in love….he hesitated and then said whatever love is. BIG clue that Diana should have noted.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Diana also should have taken her nose out those Barbara Cartland novels and looked for a partner, instead of looking for a fairy tale prince to save her.

  18. callmeishmael says:

    “She accidentally squirted the tube of icing — at Fearnley-Whittingstall’s tie! The chef, however, didn’t let the flying frosting flub him: Fearnley-Whittingstall just licked the rogue frosting off his tie and went on with his baking”

    No, the wholesome chef wouldn’t be phased by a bit of inopportune squirting, albeit he has traditionally been the squirter, not the squirtee. He trails a rather unpleasant reputation…

  19. Cerys says:

    I like Camilla. She gets on with her royal duties without a fuss. She isn’t afraid to tackle difficult issues and can speak to women who have been raped or suffered domestic violence without sounding lightweight and patronising.
    I know she and Charles were unfair on Diana but time moves on. She certainly isn’t the wicked witch that Diana fanatics seem to think she is. And I agree with previous commenters, I would much rather have lunch or a drink with Camilla than with Kate.

  20. maggie grace says:

    Hey, my technique’s pretty good, and I never married no prince.

  21. Rae says:

    I’ve always liked Camilla; I’m glad that she’s becoming more popular as people take off their Diana blinkers.

  22. Bettyrose says:

    So relieved that reference was exactly what I thought and it’s not just my mind that goes dirty.

  23. Veronica says:

    Well, not that her entrance into the royal family kicked off particularly well, but she seems like an otherwise decent person? I have to admit I kind of enjoy her spunk. She shouldered a lot more of the blame than Charles ever did for what went down in the 80/90s, and I kind of enjoy the kind of resilient spite it takes to insist on being part of that family after getting dragged through the mud for so long.

  24. Minxx says:

    ” She squeezes at both ends. She has a firm, two-handed maneuver which can lead to some “sticky” situations. ” .. BWAH!! Thank you for this laugh. I bet she was a lot of fun in her days.

  25. SwanLake says:

    I always liked Camilla even when she and Charles first dated in the ’70’s. I never bought into the “Diana was wronged” point of view because I think the timeline is close on who committed adultery first, C&C or Diana and James Hewitt. I think that one of the lesser-known villains of the piece was Earl Spencer, her father, who despite looking down on the Windsors, wanted his blood to run through the veins of future English monarchs. I think Diana was a media phenomenon and the media protected her from close scrutiny much as the American press protected the reputation of John Kennedy.

  26. dorothy says:

    will always always ALWAYS hate her face for what she put Diana through give me Kate anyday

    • notasugarhere says:

      Will you always always ALWAYS hate Diana’s face for what she put Julia Carling, Susan Mannakee, and Diane Hoare through? Diana had affairs with at least three married men.

      • Jeesie says:

        Thank you! Even when people acknowledge Diana had affairs of her own, they never want to note the fact that she slept with married men.

        Between that and being very selective about which of Charles affairs she gave a damn about, her hypocrisy was quite astounding.

  27. LA Elle says:

    The older I get, the less I blame Camilla and the more I blame Charles and Diana’s family for what happened (especially her family).

    But I do admire Camilla’s work ethic and the fact she seems to understand what her job is and not only does it but occasionally goes above and beyond the call of duty.

    I’d love to get her and Sophie drunk and hear their stories …

  28. Anare says:

    I will never be able to like her or Charles for how awful they behaved when he married Diana. The BS they put that poor girl through. She was so young and they just took advantage of her innocence. They have never offered up an apology for their tacky, disloyal behavior. As my dear Mum used to say “it just goes to show, money can’t buy class”.

    • notasugarhere says:

      Have you read anything about Diana from her family? She wasn’t the saint some paint her as, known long before she met Charles. Her multiple affairs with married men should open your eyes about her hypocrisy, as noted above.

      They married the idea of each other. He wanted a good princess, she wanted a fairy tale prince to save her. Even if there had been no outside forces, these two were not going to last.

      • Maria says:

        Don’t forget, Nota, that Diana was a teenager when she met Charles, and a very naive one at that. Then to be thrown into that archaic institution which is the BRF must have bee awful. But even if they hadn’t been royal I agree that the marriage still wouldn’t have worked. Too many differences and incompatibilities.

      • notasugarhere says:

        I’m not forgetting she was a teenager, but I’m not discounting the people who knew her her entire life. She wasn’t a saint, they knew and experienced that first hand. She was deeply troubled before Charles came along, and she saw Charles as the prince to save her. Much like Kate Middleton, she loved the idea of him not the man himself.

  29. Tammy Ellis says:

    This article is another example of the”FAKILY” YEAH I SAID IT, TO QUOTE WANDA SYKES….of trying to take away the twenty years since the death of Princess of Whales, Diana SPENCER 👍. Where was all this nonsense before now. Just watch the wedding again, Camilla is right there, yes invited, with her neck stretched as high as a King Cobra and taking it all in. The prince’s sculpture of their MOTHER will be a perfect example of, Camilla, you’re not welcome at Kensington ever Doubters listen to the tapes and watch the interview A marriage of three was all it was, a joke

  30. HoustonGrl says:

    I have always liked Camilla, but I think the circumstances around Diana were awful. Diana was the victim of a system that was more powerful than her. She was very young when she became a puppet for the royal family. Charles never had any intention of being a faithful husband to her. As her identity formed and she began to assert herself and define her role as a woman, she was killed.