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Originally Posted by seajat
She remained in London when it was bombed repeatedly in the blitz during WW2. Buckingham Palace was even bombed and she didn't flee. She put on her nicest dress and hat and bravely walked through the rubble (there are many iconic pictures of this).
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And whilst her subjects had very little to eat and what they could get was rationed, TQM, ate very well and had a very secure, well furnished Air Raid Shelter to hide in.
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She had to deal with the crisis of her second daughter wanting to marry a divorced man (scandalous in those days!). She had to steer her back on the 'right' path. She also had to see her daughter pass away before her many years later.
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She didn't have Margaret to deal with, HM did and to suggest Margaret was steered back to the right path, when the woman was bullied into giving up her lover, is perhaps too kind.
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But Camilla hasn't been challenged with anything of note and just releases mealy-mouthed statements like "I'm just here to support my husband." She just comes off as very plain and boring, just sort of standing two steps behing Charles, following whatever his lead is. SNIPPED
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I don't recall any statement coming form Camilla but if you could give us an idea where you saw this, I would be really grateful.
The QM was challenged with very little in reality, she led a priviliged lifestyle, before and after her marriage, even during the war, she never wanted for anything, she always had the best available to her.
As milla Ca has pointed out, Joan has only said 'Camilla gets a bad press, but in 20 years' time they will love her the way they loved the Queen Mum'.