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Hi , I am new to the Board and there is tons of stuff to read! This thread in particular is interesting but it is hard to stay on the straight and narrow with the topic, isn't it? Because how one thinks about Camilla (and Charles and Camilla together) depends on how one thinks about Diana - and one's thoughts about Diana must undergo change if one is to be 'okay' with Charles making Camilla his Queen. Its all one ball - inevitably.
Anyway, I realized that I had not answered the thread's question and I want to.
Initially, before I really got into the details, all I really 'knew' about Camilla was what Diana said about her. It was always one-sided. Diana did a pretty thorough 'job' on Camilla - the 'rotweiler' comment and all. The bias Diana created against Camilla was pretty complete - and then I realized one day that Camilla never once defended herself or spoke ill of Diana. Nothing. Silence. It was then I realized how successful Diana's 'campaign' had been.
Particularly, I was touched to see how nervous Camilla was on her wedding day - happy, yes, all smiles, but talk about 'going the mile' for the guy. She didn't have to do this - and she did - and it was then I started to be aware in a conscious way that Camilla is not the person Diana painted - could not be - especially when one saw William and Harry. It was then that I began to realize that a grave injustice had been done to this woman and that the step she had agreed to - to marry Charles - was courageous in a way we will never fully appreciate.
So since the marriage my opinion of Camilla has only grown in respect. Every news story that attempts to denigrate her, I look twice and thrice at. Every denigration of her looks I wince. I cannot fault her. Charles could not have made a better second marriage. She deserves to be Queen. (And I think it was this aspect that Lucien may have been referencing in what became a controversial post - that lauding Diana who was so flawed as wife and princess at the expense of Camilla who is so perfect in both her roles makes no sense. It is also interesting that a male says it so clearly - as they will).
I think King Charles and Queen Camilla will be a credit to Britain.
By the way, could not Charles choose one of his other names to be King? That said, couldn't Camilla choose another name when she is Queen?
Anyway, I realized that I had not answered the thread's question and I want to.
Initially, before I really got into the details, all I really 'knew' about Camilla was what Diana said about her. It was always one-sided. Diana did a pretty thorough 'job' on Camilla - the 'rotweiler' comment and all. The bias Diana created against Camilla was pretty complete - and then I realized one day that Camilla never once defended herself or spoke ill of Diana. Nothing. Silence. It was then I realized how successful Diana's 'campaign' had been.
Particularly, I was touched to see how nervous Camilla was on her wedding day - happy, yes, all smiles, but talk about 'going the mile' for the guy. She didn't have to do this - and she did - and it was then I started to be aware in a conscious way that Camilla is not the person Diana painted - could not be - especially when one saw William and Harry. It was then that I began to realize that a grave injustice had been done to this woman and that the step she had agreed to - to marry Charles - was courageous in a way we will never fully appreciate.
So since the marriage my opinion of Camilla has only grown in respect. Every news story that attempts to denigrate her, I look twice and thrice at. Every denigration of her looks I wince. I cannot fault her. Charles could not have made a better second marriage. She deserves to be Queen. (And I think it was this aspect that Lucien may have been referencing in what became a controversial post - that lauding Diana who was so flawed as wife and princess at the expense of Camilla who is so perfect in both her roles makes no sense. It is also interesting that a male says it so clearly - as they will).
I think King Charles and Queen Camilla will be a credit to Britain.
By the way, could not Charles choose one of his other names to be King? That said, couldn't Camilla choose another name when she is Queen?
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