Queen Camilla is still on vacation and will be through the weekend. Her next scheduled appearance is on Commonwealth Day, March 11, where she will “lead the family” at a service at Westminster Abbey in her husband’s absence. Prince William is scheduled to appear alongside his stepmother but we’ll see if that really happens. Camilla’s holiday this week didn’t exactly land the way she hoped – she thought people would be like “of course she needs time off, she’s been carrying the Windsors on her back!” Instead, people were like “thirteen events in one month isn’t really working your fingers to the bone, Cammy Cakes.” There are also rumors of a larger rift between Camilla and Prince William, but who even knows at this point. So, it’s time for Camilla’s allies to try to refocus the narrative: Camilla is “shattered” and overworked, but she would never complain about it.
Shattered: “She is absolutely shattered and exhausted by the turmoil of the past two months,” a friend of Camilla’s told The Daily Beast. “She is 76 years old, and her husband has just been diagnosed with cancer. Anyone would find that a lot to deal with, without the media scrutiny that comes with her position as well.”
She would never complain about anything! Another friend of the family told The Daily Beast: “Camilla has basically had to do everything in recent months, and it is no secret that it has been tiring. She has been under extraordinary pressure at a time in her life when most people are well into their retirement. You would never hear her moan about it because she knows it goes with the territory, but everyone is just very glad she is taking some time for herself, especially as this could go on for several more months.”
She works so hard, you guys: Asked how Camilla felt about taking on so much more work than she had likely anticipated—Camilla has undertaken 13 official engagements since the king’s cancer diagnosis was announced on February 5, and has been the public face of the monarchy since then—one of her friends said: “It wasn’t what she anticipated but, as anyone who knows her will tell you, she is not a complainer. She is proud to support her husband. We are all just very happy that she has actually gone ahead and taken this week off.”
No one knows where she is: Asked if they knew where Camilla had gone, the friend would only say her destination was overseas and extremely private. The Daily Beast has not been able to confirm her destination. The palace did not respond to a request for comment. There is little doubt however that her absence has left the royal family, which was already notably short-staffed before, looking even more threadbare.
William still refuses to do much: While there are increasing calls in mainstream and social media for William to return to a fuller schedule of engagements, especially after he cancelled a high-profile appearance at a memorial service for his godfather, the last king of Greece, last week, The Daily Beast has been told that William is determined to stick to his guns and maintain a light schedule until his wife is fully recovered, likely around Easter. The couple are not expected to travel abroad much this year, if at all.
Camilla’s holiday was a mistake?? A former palace staffer told The Daily Beast: “I totally get Camilla taking time off, she needs it, but my personal view is that it will probably turn out to be a mistake for her to have got on a plane. The reason the queen never went abroad for holidays is that their staff just can’t protect their privacy overseas in the same way they can at the royal estates. With everything going on, it’s not the perfect time to be chilling by a pool. If she had stayed in the U.K. they wouldn’t have even had to announce anything.”
See, I think if Camilla had announced a week off with the time spent at Ray Mill or Highgrove, people would have been more accepting of that – a staycation, if you will, where Camilla would be seen as “on call” in case of emergency, and physically close to her ill husband. Jetting off on an overseas holiday while her husband has cancer and while the working-royal ranks are so threadbare… that’s a huge problem. I love how these sources are like “Camilla never complains” whilst complaining on her behalf. Please: Charles, Camilla, Kate, William, Sophie, Edward – they all complain and explain constantly.
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- Britain’s Queen Camilla looks at a collection of carriage clocks, during a visit to Deacon & Son Jewellers in Swindon, western England, on January 22, 2024, as the company celebrates 175 years of trading.,Image: 839410006, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: ADRIAN DENNIS / Avalon
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- Windsor, UK, 30 January 2024: Britain’s Queen Camilla hosts a reception at Windsor Castle for authors, illustrators and binders who have been involved in the new Miniature Library collection displayed alongside Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House for visitors to enjoy throughout 2024 in celebration of its centenary year.,Image: 841855375, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WPA POOL AFP AP GETTY PA REUTERS NMA IPA CPNA IN, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kirsty Wigglesworth / Avalon
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- Queen Camilla unveils a plaque whilst attending a Service of Celebration at Bath Abbey as she carries out engagements celebrating the 850th anniversary of St John’s Foundation in Bath.,Image: 842508814, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Ben Birchall / Avalon
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- Britain’s Queen Camilla hosts a reception at Clarence House to celebrate the charity “The Poppy Factory”, founded after the First World War to support veterans, in London, Britain, February 15, 2024.,Image: 846983310, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: ISABEL INFANTES / Avalon
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- Queen Camilla leaves the London Clinic in central London where King Charles is being treated for an enlarged prostate. Featuring: Queen Camilla Where: London, United Kingdom When: 27 Jan 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Queen Camilla arrives for her visit to London’s Royal Free Hospital to officially open Maggie’s Royal Free, a new cancer support centre at the hospital Featuring: Queen Camilla Where: London, United Kingdom When: 31 Jan 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Queen Camilla, in her role as President of the Royal Voluntary Service, departs after a visit to the newly opened Meadows Community Centre in Cambridge Featuring: Queen Camilla Where: Cambridge, United Kingdom When: 02 Feb 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Queen Camilla attends a musical evening at Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire, to celebrate the work of local charities including the Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust, Wiltshire Air Ambulance, and Community First – Youth Action Wiltshire, as well as the regimental charities of the Grenadier Guards and The Rifles. Featuring: Queen Camilla Where: Salisbury, United Kingdom When: 08 Feb 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Queen Camilla during a reception at Buckingham Palace in London with finalists, judges and celebrity readers, to celebrate the final of the BBC’s creative writing competition, 500 Words Where: London, United Kingdom When: 28 Feb 2024 Credit: Chris Jackson/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
She’s the age my mom was when my dad had a stroke. She never left his side unless one of us was there to take over. A different kind of devotion I guess…
My grandpa died a couple of months ago and my grandma had to be driven to the hospital almost daily for months before that. I don’t think they realize how much more cold-hearted that makes her look.
Camilla hates to fly, we have been hearing for years, and won’t be going on many overseas tours. But I guess it’s different on vacation.
At her age my dad HAD cancer and still worked 10 hour days, 5 days a week. Plus some Saturdays. She can kick rocks.
wasn’t there a big to do on how she shated flying, and bowed out of engagements because”flying”.
She has no problem with flying for her spa treatments so that’s probably another palace lie.
She flies when she wants to fly. She can fly to India for her spa treatments so she can fly. As for over worked that’s a joke she has always done very little but at this time the spotlight is on her because Chuckles is down and Peg is being petulant as usual and now we can see just how little she does.
All I have to say re: Bride of Chucky – b*tchcakes wanted the title, wanted the first wife gone, when you get the title there’s a job that comes with it and if you don’t do the job, the prestige you *thought* came with the title doesn’t follow. Because the prestige depends on how well you do the job.
Fannying around in India’s top spas is not doing the job.
I hate to sound like a Cam apologist, but as a horrendous flyer myself, I need to be almost completely zonked out to get on an airplane, and I need extra time built in to recover. It’s worth it for a vacation, for me, privately. But I’d never go anywhere if I had to publicly deplane in front of international media, with a hit-the-ground-running spouse. Just wouldn’t be a good look.
If only her stepson were a renown supporter of mental health like anxiety issues. Might encourage her learn to get over it through therapy.
If she’d taken a staycation, people would probably also assume that she would still be caring for KC (even if she weren’t). That is definitely part of the issue here.
“She is 76 years old, and her husband has just been diagnosed with cancer. Anyone would find that a lot to deal with, without the media scrutiny that comes with her position as well.”
The problem with that is that many elderly folks have to care for their partners and it’s far more intense (and unrelenting in some cases) than what Camzilla has to deal with. In addition, her predecessor worked much harder into his 90s. The queen did as well. The royal cousins are older and still showing up. It looks awful.
Exactly what I was thinking. Anyone else in the position of spouse with cancer would be having to take on extra household chores and caretaking. They wouldn’t have frequent time off from it either. What has she got to complain about?
Camilla does not have to worry about filing insurance claims to have nurses come in to take care of her husband . The fact that she has this spin about her not complaining is not a good look and by saying it she is complaining
But scheming is so exhausting, y’all!
Not just “care for” a loved one: most don’t have dozens if not hundreds in staff, taking care of EVERYTHING else (shopping, cooking, cleaning, paying bills, washing, dressing your ill partner etc). “Normal” caretakers do it all.
Speaking from experience, for all the years when I was caring for my dad (vascular dementia and aphasia), I was there 24/7 UNLESS my sister came to relieve me for a few hrs. 2-3 days a week, and then, the last year of his life, I had to get in help for the nighttime, so I could get some rest for the next day. I sure didn’t jet off for a week or two, and leave him.
Same when I cared for my Mum. And I put off serious surgery. Endless washing of sheets and floors too. I was in zombie mode. The RF do nothing domestically. Nothing. It’s an insult to suggest otherwise and it’s time her ‘subjects’ complained about that
They’re trying to do the same thing with Kate and its just falling flat. Yes, having a sick spouse is draining emotionally, and can be draining physically if you are the primary caregiver, if you’re the one driving to all the appointments, etc.
But neither Camilla nor William are doing that. There is a full staff at both houses to do all the caregiving. So that leaves us with the emotional aspect, and I dont think anyone buys that either of these two are so devastated by these medical diagnoses that they need private time to come to terms with it.
So that said, of course the big issue is – normal people don’t get to jet off for a spa vacation because their spouse was diagnosed with cancer. Normal people don’t get to take months off to help their spouse recover from surgery. etc.
they keep talking about how the royals are “normalizing” taking time for themselves or time to recover or whatever and its just so tone deaf that I honestly can’t believe they’re still pushing it.
It’s like they’re waving a big red flag in everyone’s faces. Meanwhile the tabloids keep on pushing how heroic it is to jet off overseas while your spouse has cancer because she’s worked for 13 hours in two months.
It really seems like they have no clue how everyone else lives, and they are so full of self pity for having to work a few hours a week.
The thing is, as long as she doesn’t criticize the right-wing government or mention ethnic cleansing, she remains part of the race & class hierarchy and can, therefore, leave her cancer-stricken husband. She will be protected and even lauded. She and Will are untouchable as long as they play the only roles that matter–maintaining the status quo.
The sight of her gives me the irrits.
She’s schemed, manipulated for decades and gotten everything she wanted.
She’s due some karmic retribution.
Right! As soon as I saw this title I thought well no she isn’t a complainer she is a front stabber. She just eliminates her stresses
“Camilla has basically had to do everything in recent months…” Yeah, I can see how all that floor scrubbing, vacuuming, and laundry washing has worn out the poor old souse. 😏 So many places!
When Camilla is not at raymill security is there to guard the place at taxpayer expense.
I was coming to the comment section to say the exact thing.
Of course she needs the spa time since she suffers from dishpan hands.
More like dishpan face.
But don’t you know, she’s not complaining at all. She’s just having someone else do it for her. As I said on a different post yesterday, this wench schemed and plotted, using her press connections to smear Di, just to be where she is now. Yet she wants more glory just for doing the bare minimum. I don’t care how old she is, or how much she’s had to work. This is what she fought for. Pampered, kept mistress is not the same as being Queen, I thought.
she’s not going to change. doing the absolute minimum between countless vacations and time to herself will continue to be her MO. and meanwhile her various scuzzy friends can continue her campaign of hatred and vitriol.
I cannot fathom leaving the side of my spouse for a R & R while my beloved is struggling through anything, much less a cancer diagnosis. (PunkyDaddy and I have been through this terrible scenario—certainly frightening and exhausting, but “in sickness and in health” …)
This monarchy is nothing more than a poorly written soap opera underwritten by and produced on the backs of the people. Enough already.
I think Chas loves & needs Cam more than she loves/needs him. She’s had lots of perks for years as The Mistress, then wife of PoW, then Consort, now Queen. She’s got everything she could ever want, except maybe freedom to take a lover, and access to all the royal goodies. Lovingly devoted? I don’t see it.
No lover? Hm did she take her family and her with her on vacation? They seem to be very close.
The ‘Never complain,Never Explain ‘ was perhaps the Queens thing. The rest of them should not dare proclaim they live by this.
It’s always opposite day with the royals. Camilla is a complainer and I’d like just point out that she’s not “leading the family” for Commonwealth Day. This time she’s accompanied by William and the rest of the royal family. William really didn’t like that she was leading the family for the Constantine memorial.
Then he shouldn’t have cancelled? It’s pretty obvious that with him not there Camilla would be the one getting all the limelight. I still find it odd that he is gone so much because if *those* pap shots are anything to go by they clearly get help from the middletons + have nanny Maria on back and call. So why is he not attending his engagements?
People talking about “where is Kate” but where the f— is william?
Had he gone to the memorial all the attention would have been on him but as usual he was too stupid and entitled to realise that.
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if William bounces from this event *cough-a personal issue-cough*. It’s clear the rest of his family don’t want him anywhere near them because they KNOW what went down with Kate. He’s backed himself into a corner with no exit.
Where Diana was a thoroughbred Camilla is an old nag. She simply cannot relate to people and no doubt can’t see the issue in plonking her rear end on a private plane even though she hates to fly, leave her unwell husband because she’s exhausted after basically doing nothing with an army of helpers to go to an exclusive spa in India, the likes of which most of us couldn’t afford with a lifetime of actual, real world employment.
the old nag has been ridden harder than ever before and can’t cope.
@Janey
She probably didn’t go to India alone either. She probably travelled with her sister/friends, private secretary, dresser, lady-in-waiting etc…. And probably billed it all to the nation. She’s just one more leech from that leeching family. Exhausted, my eye!
I’m wondering where APB is this week….
The Australians are having none of it.
https://twitter.com/Rachousame/status/1764996819807834141
Oh you give me hope Aussies!
OMG the Camilla imitation 🤣🤣🤣
I need more Aussi coverage.
That was hilarious. I am starting to agree with her that it was Pippa.
@Equality when I first saw the photo and the variants of it I immediately thought it was Pippa. I had the same reaction as that lady doing the Camilla impression, “That’s not her! That’s Pippa”. But the more I look at the photo the more I see how it could be Kate. The visage looks like an odd mashup between Kate and Pippa.
Yeah it’s the mouth that makes me think it could be Pippa and I thought that right away. There is no facial expression so it could easily be her passing as Kate.
Brilliant 😂😂😂😂
LOLOLOL I love the Aussie reactions to this !
Her imitation of Camilla was spot on! 😆😂
Complain complain complain “she would never complain” whinge whinge whinge “she would never whinge” explain explain explain “royals never explain” take an extended flight on a private plane “royals care about the environment and Camzilla hates flying” work less than 13 hours in a month and get called the backbone of the family “byyyyeee suckers, I’m disappearing now for a vacation that you’ll pay for but I won’t tell you where I’m going or who I’m with (certainly not with my husband who has cancer)!”
Karma, oh karma? You’re needed for a clean-up in aisle 12.
She “never moans and never complains” with a whole article about her moaning and complaining. Lol.
While I enjoy the dragging, Camilla and Charles don’t even live together half the time. If he feels awful from his treatment maybe he would rather be left alone for a bit with staff or nurses, I think I would. It’s a bad look though, and appearances are 90% of the job. I know from my parents that cancer treatment can be lengthy, months, so I dont think a vacation is bad.
Exactly, it’s not a ‘typical’ marriage in any sense of the word.
He may have some young nurses he’d rather have sitting by him and really be all for Cam jetting off somewhere. We all know their “love” story isn’t one for the ages like their PR has tried to build it up as.
Yeah! She earned a lot of goodwill during Chuck’s hospital stay. Had she taken a week off at Ray Mill no one would’ve noticed she had a week off. They are so bad at this.
Sure. But jetting off overseas and pointing to 13 hours of work in 2 months as having knackered you isn’t relatable.
Their whole job is to pretend to be perfect stable relatable family. That’s it. Show up for ribbons, be stable.
OH yeah. I agree with you 100%. Moaning about 13 hours of work is shameful when you consider the life of absolute privilege they get in return.
WiththeAmerican, well, according to Gert’s Royals the total for year is 21–that makes ALL the difference. She’s scheduled for 4 in March. Only one has been confirmed. If she makes those, she’ll have 25 for three months. 25.
She’s not exhausted. She wanted a vacation. She’s not taking care of KFC, because he has all kinds of staff (probably including medical staff) taking care of him. I suspect she did this to put it to Bully Idle. That’s it.
I cannot imagine what the people in the UK, who are taking care of an ill spouse and taking care of the children, think about this.
Do they not realise how bad this makes her look? The Royalist is presumably pro-monarchy, and Camilla’s friends are pro-Camilla, and yet they write this bilge which shows Camilla to be clueless, selfish, and lazy. The obliviousness of it all is startling.
They don’t realize. At all. They simply cannot fathom what most people’s lives look like, particularly when caring for an ailing spouse. It’s beyond their imagination.
Because they’re cosseted and shielded from life’s realities, like housework, bills, errands, etc.
Abolish the monarchy.
Does anyone know where Andrew P-B is this week? I get the impression he’s the one she’d rather spend time with and he does sound more fun.
My theory is that she takes off for India or wherever she is when Charles has pushed things too far. No fight, she’s just “exhausted” and gets on a plane. Message received. We never really heard about this until after TQ died, but I’m guessing it’s a pattern she won’t be giving up.
If she did a staycation, she wouldn’t be getting away from Charles’s terrible behavior, which is surely the point.
She is the worst and also gives valuable lessons on how to be the worst and survive.
No, she wouldn’t complain. She just gets someone else to go out and do the complaining for her. They truly can’t do anything for themselves. Even the complaining gets outsourced.
Same as the spin she never wanted any of this when she married Charles and got all the perks and privileges.she did want it all imo.
Everytime I read that Camilla’s husband has cancer I think, “Oh poor Andrew Parker-Bowles.”
What’s all this about not being able to protect Camilla’s privacy abroad as well as at home? What exactly is she doing that this former palace aide is tut-tutting about? Does she have a man on the side? Is she vacationing with APB?
The mistress got everything she ever wanted.
I think she wanted to stay the mistress so all this “work” wouldn’t need to be done by her.
Anyone else see trump in the header photo?
The line that ‘this could go on for several more months’ caught my attention. So KC will suddenly be cured? I don’t think so. Sounds like he may not make it until the end of the year.
In which case, the vacation now is even more appalling.
It’s like some one saying now I am not complaining but ..then come the complaints
I’m just shocked more people in England aren’t complaining about the laziness and entitlement of all the RF. They’re making one bad decision after another, and really, it was so sad to see that 89 year old man trying to cover a RF appearance the other day. KFC really sucks at managing his own people.
Charles would be a very needy man to have to nanny 24/7. I’d be exhausted after an hour in his presence. She signed up for the job though. I still believe she went away in order to shine the spot light on William’s absence and inadequacies.
Am I the only one who thought Camilla was fleeing half out of entitled laziness and half to highlight the missing heir?
It just boggles my mind bc she was getting really good press for a the past month. And then she blew it away. She got too pumped up on praise and really thought the public was going to understand. Guess she found out otherwise.
I think she does get on with it. She’s got a husband in ill health and is out there doing what she can. She’s not young, like the others, apart from Anne. Whatever we think of her past, she has got out there and kept the show on the road. imo.
The direct heir needs to keep the show on the road
When her father was very ill princess Elizabeth took on more work on his behalf. She was then a young wife and mother with two small children
Sweet baby Jesus. These people. Camilla could have taken a week off AND NO-ONE WOULD HAVE NOTICED. They didn’t need to announce anything.
Instead, in a time where they really didn’t need to highlight any other royal bunking off, they come cantering out to tell us that not only is she having time off but she’s having time off thousands of miles away from her sick husband.
Then, when people start going WTH they attempt to tell us – people who work for real – that this woman is exhausted from doing a few hours of chatting to people a day, three days a week.
I’m speechless at their stupidity, ignorance, arrogance and incompetence.
It’s such an own-goal I’m loving this. I think she got high on her own supply – they got amazing press for being transparent about the cancer diagnosis, gave the public lots of pics and “numerous” engagements while simultaneously highlighting William’s incompetence. She thought if they told people she was heading off to her Indian spa because poor thing is exhausted from talking to the plebs, the parade would continue for her?? hahaha
I totally agree, Hench. What possessed them to announce a vacation?
@The Hench THIS! THIS! THIS! No one would have had any idea if she was with Charles in Sandringham/London/Highgrove if they hadn’t announced she was going overseas for a break – or taking a break at all. Complete unforced error.
This EXACTLY. They stick their foot in it over and over again. It’s astounding.
Shattered, fking shattered, she has to do everything ffs
She has servants on call 24 /7,she has a chauffeur, she has A dresser, a hairstylist and a FKING CHEEK to claim she is shattered, try 24/7 caring for your husband who has early onset dementia, try having terminal cancer and being afraid to take to much pain relief so that your alert enough to stop him hurting himself, because the family help you rely on has been and gone for the day. If she wants a cup of tea or meal it’s put in front of her. I’m getting thoroughly sick of this “hard working” shit
Oh final point, where is A. P
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@MaryPester You’re amazing, you’re strong, and I’m sending you big virtual hugs
Holding space for you, Mary Pester. Your strength and resolve are an inspiration.
And your royal tea is always piping hot!
And not to mention, unlike Meghan, Camzilla has the British Media one hundred percent in her pockets. If she and Kate are this bad off with all the fawning press, where would they be if they received a 10th of what Meghan has had to endure?
@MaryPester,
I hope my reply is going to the right person. This is my third attempt to reply to you but there’s some oddity with the format at the moment.
Mary Pester, I’ve been reading your posts for a long time now. My heart goes out to you dear lady. I can only send positive thoughts and energy your way and prayers if you’re open to accepting that.
I respect you so much. Your values inspire me, as do your strength and determination and wonderful sense of humor. I wish things could be easier for you and your husband. With love from the USA.
@schrodingers Kate, thank you lovey, but I know your having a difficult time to. Let’s wish each other hope to face what we can and the strength to endure what we must.
To you and @sparrow, please remember we have to live every day, because we only die once!
I’m sorry to hear this, Mary Pester. I feel pathetic about it, but all I can do is send you my every best wish from not so far away x
Mary Pester, you’re one of the strongest people I know. I wish I lived close to you so that I could stay with your hubby for a day while you got to rest. I’ve done this before and I can’t imagine how much strength it takes to do this day after day while fighting your own battle.
I completely agree that the brf has lost any sense of reality. They don’t know what real people do or how they live. They better figure it out very quickly, or it will bring down the Monarchy.
Sending so much love, positive energy and prayers to you.
Love that you still have the strength to be angry! It’s infuriating that the open mouthed British tabloid readers never question why they need to struggle without adequate public services. Never question the ‘just like us’ fable. Mary Pester you should be Queen. You’ve more strength and gumption than the whole pack of them. Sending love.
Every time I see the photo of Camz getting out of the car, I think the photographer was mocking Kate with it – Camz is not flashing anyone, and look that’s her real hair.
I think Camz has no effs to give. She’s shown us all that she’s won. She’s got the crown, the jewels, and I’m convinced that she has a trust fund from Chuck for future financial security. She doesn’t care if she squanders some of her great press. She’s at the top of the heap and she’ll private jet off to wherever (with whomever) whenever she feels like it.
Personally I would never jet off like that if my spouse or child or parent had cancer especially since the press seem to be hinting that Chuck doesn’t have much time left. The only thing I can think of to give Camz a tiny bit of benefit of doubt: Chuck is infamously fussy on regular days, I imagine he’s a miserable pain in the arse when sick. But still, Camz isn’t doing all the hard work of primary caregiver, she’s got ridiculous amounts of staff, and all those staff are used to dealing with King Fusspants. She’s definitely showing how merciless she is with this vacay.
As for Camilla, I could see how the public engagements she had recently might have tired her out. I can’t imagine she has taken the best care of herself in regards to her lazy lifestyle that centers around cigarettes and alcohol and plotting evil.
But it is a supremely bad look to be flying off to goodness knows where for pampering while her husband battles cancer. It just emphasizes how unrelatable these people are; in fact it calls into question their humanity, period.
My husband is battling cancer. Even if I had the paid help these people have, I would not want to miss a moment with my husband especially while he’s well enough to still appreciate the company. I’m here in the bedroom with him right now while he does some light administrative work on his computer. Every single moment together is precious and irreplaceable. Also as his partner I am the person he is most comfortable with in his most vulnerable moments. I’m effectively an essential part of his healthcare plan.
Am I exhausted? Absolutely. Do I need a spa break, of course I do. Would I take one if I could, absolutely not. I WOULD (and am planning how) to take some time to visit the doctor to ensure I am in good enough shape to continue to be an effective partner in my husband’s recovery. But I somehow doubt that’s the essential goal of Camilla’s break. Not if she’s actually traveling overseas.
These royals are really not like the rest of us. I’ll never quite understand how Philip and Elizabeth could be so blessed to have had so many decades of life, still married, yet couldn’t appreciate that enough to actually want to live under the same roof.
Meanwhile, I’ve known way too many people whose partner was taken from them all too soon, some with poverty and lack of access to healthcare being a factor.
In my personal case, my husband’s cancer went missed because we were run ragged for the last five years caring for our aged parents and our resources were spread so thin. We neglected our own health and when we finally got just enough of a break after a couple of funerals to realize we needed medical attention ourselves, it was too late for my husband’s cancer to be caught at a more manageable stage. There’s still hope for him but it’s a much harder road now.
These royals have every material advantage and can’t seem to leverage any of it towards anything meaningful with anyone or anything outside of the all consuming needs and dictates of The Firm.
@SchrodingersKate. Please take care of yourself and your precious husband. I hope for nothing but good things for you both.
The same to everyone here managing life- limiting illness.
@Hummingbird thank you so much for your kind words. I definitely learned a lesson about neglecting my own well being to take care of another person. I am trying to figure out the logistics so I can get myself checked out, too.
I definitely don’t begrudge anyone doing what they need to keep doing their essential work supporting a sick friend or family member.
But I do think Camilla and other royals do define “need” differently from the rest of us, though. I wish they would give up the pretense of trying to be relatable. They’re making such a hash of it the more they try to be “just folks”. We KNOW William isn’t doing the school run, for example.
Schrodinger’s Kate, I helped my Mom when my Dad had cancer along with my sister. Ultimately, my sister needed to work so I quit to help so that she could be gone for the day (3 times a week) and not worry. Finally, I went back to work because I needed to and he died two weeks later. I would never give up the time I spent with my Dad. Never.
I can’t imagine how difficult it is for you because it sounds like you don’t have someone who can help out. I hope you figure something out so that you can make sure you’re healthy. You do need some mental health space, too. I’m sending lots of positive energy and prayers your way.
They don’t realize how out of touch they look. It’s like complaining about having to sell your yacht and polo ponies to reduce expenses. These people are emotional toddlers.
I’ve never forgotten the queen’s whining about the royal yacht being necessary.
It boggles the mind how many homes, hets, helicopters, vacations, jewels, art, and entire countries they feel entitled to.
Camilla “worked” 13 hours in 2 months and is exhausted?? Ofcourse she is. The woman hasn’t worked in the real world since she was in her 20’s!!!
And the rumor is she is/was allegedly a heavy drinker.
Me thinks she is somewhere out of Britain at a private detox retreat.
Everybody briefing, bitching, spinning but very little actual work being done. Most of us here are carrying most or some of the same burden or worse (love to Mary Pester and Schrödinger’s Kate ) without their cocooning wealth, power, privilege and endless servants. Apart from Princess Anne chugging away, the rest of this clownshow are either on strike , on a spa break or thinking are going on holiday again whilst us UK tax payers get to pay for them to patronise us. What an absolute shower and too busy in fighting to realise that they are letting the late Queen down and us with their entitlement and privilege compared to their miniscule service to the nation!
I didn’t think 13 in one month was that bad for a 76 year old woman but if she’s only going away for a week she shouldn’t have even bothered to announce it, no one would have noticed.
Murphy, if I counted correctly, she worked 11 days for those 13 engagements. Let’s see, that means she had 3 day weekends each week and a 4 day weekend one week. How many hours did she work each of those days? Exhausted, huh?
If this [blank] wanted to have a do nothing retirement at her age she shouldn’t have fought so hard to be Queen. Her and khate reap what they sow. To bad so sad poor sausages