When Camilla, the Queen Consort, is crowned alongside her husband next week, the moment will mark the culmination of a remarkable - and painstakingly slow - transformation over five decades of a figure once reviled as the other woman and considered a huge liability to the monarchy.
With the coronation of King Charles III days away and his first seven months on the throne under his belt, many in Britain have grown to accept Camilla, though some experts and observers say she will always walk in the shadow of her past.
"And the challenge remains even going forward, even as Queen Camilla, which at one point would have been unthinkable."-- reportedly first met Charles at a polo match in 1970, when she was 23. The pair quickly became close, but their romance was interrupted when Charles went on naval duty. "When you meet her, she doesn't appear to be aloof in any way whatsoever," Seward said. "She's just always the same as she was. And I think this is one probably one of her biggest assets."
In March, Camilla dazzled crowds at her first state visit as queen consort, donning a diamond tiara belonging to the Queen Mother and a diamond necklace from Elizabeth II for a state banquet in Berlin. Camilla's son, Tom Parker Bowles, hit back at Harry's claims last week: "I don't care what anyone says -- this wasn't any sort of end game. She married the person she loved and this is what happened."
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