King Charles and Queen Camilla are going to be making history during his coronation next year — but potentially for all the wrong reasons.
27.09.2022 - 15:27 / ok.co.uk
The ups and downs of their relationship have been well documented. But according to royal expert Jennie Bond there is only one woman who knows just what King Charles III really needs, and how to handle the quirks of his personality and that is his wife of 17 years, Queen Consort Camilla.
Jennie exclusively tells OK! "Camilla is Charles' rock, his foundation stone, his sounding board, his lover, his friend, his confidante and probably the only person in the world he can tell everything to." Jennie also says that when the going gets tough, it is only Camilla upon whom Charles can rely to "soothe him". She says: "He can be quite a needy individual and get quite annoyed when little mishaps happen, which we sae when he has that outburst over the leaky pen at Hillsborough Castle.
"He's got a hot temper, and she knows how to calm him, how to soothe him, how to just mollycoddle him, really. She's very good at that.” Charles and Camilla first met in their twenties, and though they both went on to marry other people they were always in one another's lives.
Princess Diana famously referred to Camilla as the third person in she and Charles' relationship. For many, their relationship will always be linked to Diana, but Elizabeth II's endorsement of Camilla by announcing that she would become Queen Consort when Charles became King was the ultimate seal of approval of their relationship.
Though the public were once wary of her, they have come to like and admire Camilla, the woman that has stood by Charles' side for so many years who was there for him during every moment as he mourned his mother, the Queen. It was she who intervened when the King got frustrated about ink leaking onto his fingers at an engagement following the Queen's
.King Charles and Queen Camilla are going to be making history during his coronation next year — but potentially for all the wrong reasons.
King Charles was filmed reacting to Prime Minister Liz Truss’ entrance with “Dear oh dear” during the start of their first weekly audience. Liz Truss has only met the new King a handful of times, with the first being on September 9, one day after the Queen’s death and three days after she took office.
crowned sovereign of the United Kingdom, King Charles III will finally get his day in the sun.Following her death last month, Charles, 73, became the new monarch and his own coronation is set for May 6, 2023.The date is also the day that his grandson Archie — the son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — will turn 4 years old. Queen Elizabeth was ordained as ruler on June 2, 1953, and her coronation was full of pomp and circumstance.However, Charles’ ceremony is reportedly set to be a scaled back and more modernized celebration.“The king has stripped back a lot of the coronation in recognition that the world has changed in the past 70 years,” a source recently divulged to the Mirror.The three-hour service at Westminster Abbey will be pared down to just 60 minutes.As for guests who earned a coveted spot on the invite list, the amount has been chopped down from 8,000 to 2,000.It is expected that peers will wear formal coronation robes, however, the need for the uniform choices may be modified.Operation Golden Orb, which is the code name for the planning of the coronation, was first speculated to be held on June 3.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, many Royal fans are wondering: when is King Charles III’s coronation?
King Charles III is said to be planning a “modest” Coronation, where his eldest son Prince William, 40, will play a key role. Charles was formally proclaimed King just days after his late mother Her Majesty the Queen died last month, but his official Coronation isn’t expected to take place until sometime next year.
As a member of the royal family, you might presume that life is a breeze, but King Charles has let it be known in the past that his upbringing was far from easy. He was often lonely, bored and found it hard to make friends among his peers, coming from a life of immense privilege but stifling protocol. Royal expert Duncan Larcombe says, “Charles went through quite a harsh childhood and I don’t think he started off in life particularly well.
A new photo of King Charles III with Camilla, the queen consort, and William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, was released by Buckingham Palace on Saturday, and a body language expert is weighing in on the latest royal snapshot. The photo shows the four most senior members of the royal family smiling at the camera in black mourning clothes. It was taken at Buckingham Palace the night before Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and ahead of a state reception hosted by the king for heads of state invited to the Westminster Abbey service. Camilla, Queen Consort, King Charles III, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales pose for a photo ahead of their Majesties the King and the Queen Consort’s reception on Sept.
A new chapter. King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate debuted a new royal portrait on Saturday, October 1.
The King’s new cypher has officially been revealed ahead of the formal period of royal mourning coming to an end following The Queen ’s death. Announcing the news on Monday after Charles was seen wearing the new logo on his tie, Buckingham Palace confirmed the upcoming change to the iconic ER previously used by the King's late mother.
King Charles III is keeping his late parents close. On Friday, Buckingham Palace released a photo of the newly minted monarch carrying out official government duties, with a photo of his late mom and dad, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, behind him.Taken in the Eighteenth Century Room at Buckingham Palace last week, the new pic shows Charles reviewing documents from The King’s Red Box, which contains papers from government ministers in the United Kingdom and the Realms and from representatives from the Commonwealth and beyond.The documents are sent from the Private Secretary’s Office to the king, wherever he may be in residence, in a locked red despatch box.As Charles is hard at work, his parents are keeping close watch, as a photo of the late royals sits behind the sovereign.
King Charles III has paid a moving tribute to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in a new official photograph released by Buckingham Palace.The new King, 73, was pictured with his red box for the first time as he carried out his official duties dealing with papers from government ministers in the UK and the realms, as well as Commonwealth representatives. Charles can be seen looking at the red box containing the papers as he donned a blue pinstripe suit, but in the background a subtle nod to his late mother can be seen.
King Charles III became a grandad for the very first time when he was 65 years old, after the Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed their first child, Prince George. The 73 year old is now a proud grandfather to five children - William and Kate's children, Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis, four, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's two children, Archie, three, and one year old Lilibet. Charles also has five step-grandchildren through his wife Queen Consort Camilla's first marriage to Andrew Parker-Bowles.
King Charles III wants a "slimmed down coronation" next year on his mother's coronation anniversary.The eldest child of the Queen is set to be coronated next year and could choose the date of Friday 2 June. According to MailOnline, sources have said that the service will most likely be "shorter, smaller and less expensive" than the late Queen's in 1953. However, the service will also celebrate her life.
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral were full of love and historical significance. Prince William and King Charles III each left personal notes to Her Majesty atop the wreath on her coffin during Monday's funeral ceremonies. William's card was inscribed with his and Kate Middleton's monograms, while Charles' handwritten note read: «In loving and devoted memory.
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral were full of love and historical significance. A royal source tells ET that at King Charles III's request, the wreath at the top of the Queen's coffin during Monday's state funeral contained foliage of rosemary, English oak, and myrtle — cut directly from a plant that was grown from the myrtle that was in the Queen's wedding bouquet during her 1947 wedding to Prince Philip. The wreath also included flowers cut from the gardens of Royal Residences in hues of gold, pink and deep burgundy, with touches of white. Rosemary is said to be a symbol of remembrance, while English Oak signifies strength. Atop the wreath sits a personal, handwritten note from Her Majesty's eldest son, King Charles, reading: «In loving and devoted memory.
King Charles III is thinking about turning Balmoral Castle - the Queen's beloved holiday home - into a public museum in her memory of her seven-decade reign, according to reports. Balmoral held a special place in Her Majesty's heart, as she spent every summer at the 50,000-acre estate in Dee Valley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
A whirlwind visit. King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla rounded out their royal tour of the U.K. in Wales ahead of Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral.
The King and Queen Consort are visiting Wales today, as the late Queen's lying in state continues at Westminster Hall. King Charles III has begun his first visit to Wales as monarch and will start his tour by attending a service of prayer and reflection for the life of the Queen at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff. Charles arrived by helicopter with the Queen Consort and travelled by state limousine in bright sunshine to the service, which is also being attended by Prime Minister Liz Truss and leading figures from Wales.