Queen Camilla’s former daughter-in-law Sara Parker-Bowles—who was married to Tom, Camilla’s son with ex-husband Andrew Parker-Bowles—has revealed that Camilla “was worried” that the British public would hate her again after the death of Queen Elizabeth last September.
Camilla enjoys a fairly positive relationship with the public today but has a rocky history that began in the 1980s and 1990s when she was still married to Andrew and having a well-publicized affair with the then Prince Charles, who at the time was very much still married to Princess Diana. (Charles and Diana, after marrying in 1981, separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996.) After Diana died in a Parisian car accident in 1997, Camilla experienced “hate years,” and was afraid those would resume when she became Queen Consort upon Her late Majesty’s death—and, later, Queen. (Charles and Camilla, after knowing one another and being in love for over 30 years, finally married in 2005.)
