Queen Camilla's heartbreaking 'confession' about royal engagements laid bare: 'I don't think anyone realises'
Camilla has had many years getting used to public outingsQueen Camilla reportedly made a sad confession to a royal reporter about what it’s really like doing public engagements.
According to royal reporter and commentator Rebecca English, the queen, 78, opened up about public appearances and apparently admitted they can be “terrifying”.
English has travelled around the world, reporting on members of the royal family on a variety of visits and engagements.
Early in her career, she had to cut a royal tour short to return home for a bathroom renovation. This incident reportedly sparked a conversation with Queen Camilla.
Queen Camilla’s sad confession about royal engagements
Speaking on the Daily Mail‘s Palace Confidential podcast, English said that Camilla found out she had to cut the tour short.
English explained: “She said, ‘I hear you’re leaving my tour to go and take the tiles off your bathroom,’ and she went, ‘Why isn’t your husband doing that?’
“And I looked at her and without thinking said, ‘Well would you trust your husband to take the tiles off the bathroom?’ Because I do speak my mind, and we both started laughing.”
English continued: “I went, ‘Clearly your husband won’t be taking the tiles off the bathroom.’
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“And she said, and I remember it so distinctly, she said, ‘Oh I’m really sad because I don’t think anyone realises how terrifying it is getting out of a car and there’s this huge sea of people, and cameras, and the flashes are going off, and it’s really helpful to me to see a few friendly faces I recognise that I can look at and focus on.’
“I thought, ‘God, this hasn’t been easy for you.’ I know things didn’t start in ideal circumstances and people will have an opinion on that, but one of the things her friends have always said to me is that she never wanted this.”
Royal Insider has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment.
‘Sacrifice’ Queen Camilla made for King Charles
According to reports, Queen Camilla made a big sacrifice when she married into the royal family.
Camilla and Charles married in April 2005. According to a royal aide, Camilla reportedly wasn’t bothered about the royal role or title. She also reportedly knew she had to accept public duties.
Oh I’m really sad because I don’t think anyone realises how terrifying it is getting out of a car and there’s this huge sea of people, and cameras, and the flashes are going off.
The aide reportedly told Newsweek: “It wasn’t the role or title – whether as Duchess [of Cornwall] or queen – that appealed to her. It was being with the man she loved.
“That meant accepting the duties that would come with him, even at a time of life when most of her contemporaries were deadheading roses in the garden or having lovely cruises in the Med.”
They added: “She was very willing to undertake the role and responsibilities. But it was never part of the goal of what she wanted from life. And of course, it’s come with a lot of hard toil and quite a lot of sacrifice as well because everything she does is now in the public eye.”
Royal Insider previously contacted Buckingham Palace on these claims.
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