Together, King Charles and Queen Camilla have endured the most
trying periods. Their notorious affairs while still married to
their partnersâCharles with Princess Diana and Camilla with
Andrew Parker Bowlesâwere the beginning of their turbulent tale.
Although Camilla was not royal from birth, she grew up in Sussex
and was close to her sister Annabel. Annabel has grown accustomed
to going to some fairly glitzy royal functions these days, such as King Charlesâ coronation.
Annabel, Camillaâs sister, has spent the majority of her life in the background since she doesnât want to be well-known.
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However, she has made the decision to come up, sharing fresh information concerning
the true nature of King Charles and Queen Camillaâs marriage.
Charles and Camilla met before the monarch met Diana, of course. According to Gyles
Brandrethâs book Charles and Camilla, Portrait of a Love Affair, Lucia Santa Cruz,
the Chilean ambassadorâs daughter and a mutual friend, introduced Charles and Camilla.
After Charles departed to join the Royal Navy, the coupleâs brief romance came to an end.
Camilla was engaged to Andrew Parker Bowles by the time he got back.
According to reports, Camilla and Annabel followed one another everywhere. Later in life,
they both got married to their husbands in the same year and even had kids at the same time.
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While her family has been in the news over the years, Annabel has avoided
the limelight herself. She recently made the decision to speak out in light
of the release of Charles III: The Coronation Year, a new BBC1 documentary.
I really canât stress this enough: she is his rock.
In the documentary, Annabel, an interior designer, stated,
âShe is someone who is totally loyal and doesnât have a lot of
highs and lows.â âHe brings to her everything,â the queenâs sister continued.
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If she hadnât met him, she wouldnât have been open to the wide range of
topics he knows and is interested in. Iâm not talking about all of this.
Although they are complete opposites and their yin and yang, it works incredibly well.