‘She’s not the wicked stepmother’: How Queen Consort Camilla went from being ‘the most hated woman in Britain’ to much-loved royal

‘She’s not the wicked stepmother’: How Queen Consort Camilla went from being ‘the most hated woman in Britain’ to much-loved royal

It was a warm summer’s day in 1970 when a 22-year-old Prince Charles locked eyes with Camilla Shand at a polo match in Windsor Great Park. 
As the future King of England, many likely spoke to Charles with a quiet, awed deference – but 24-year-old Camilla, who friends described as ‘outgoing and cheerful’, with a ‘lust for life’, wasn’t afraid to crack a flirtatious gag at her own expense with a…

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