The sister of Queen Camilla discusses King Charles’ marriage

Together, King Charles and Queen Camilla have endured the most trying periods. Their notorious affairs while still married to their partners—Charles with Princess Diana and Camilla with Andrew Parker Bowles—were the beginning of their turbulent tale. Although the public and certain members of the Royal Family found it difficult to accept Camilla, she finally succeeded in changing that and became a cherished employee of the Firm.

Although Camilla was not royal from birth, she grew up in Sussex and was close to her sister Annabel. The two went to the same school and did everything together. Annabel has grown accustomed to going to some fairly glitzy royal functions these days, such as King Charles’ coronation.

Annabel, Camilla’s sister, has spent the majority of her life in the background since she doesn’t want to be well-known. However, she has made the decision to come up, sharing fresh information concerning the true nature of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s marriage.

Few people thought the scandalous affair between King Charles and Queen Camilla would end happily when it was made public. The people of the United Kingdom, who at the time admired Princess Diana, turned against Camilla after witnessing her being let down by her husband, even if it later came to light that she had an affair as well.

Charles and Camilla met before the monarch met Diana, of course. They first crossed paths at a polo tournament in 1972, which is when their relationship began. According to Gyles Brandreth’s book Charles and Camilla, Portrait of a Love Affair, Lucia Santa Cruz, the Chilean ambassador’s daughter and a mutual friend, introduced Charles and Camilla.

After Charles departed to join the Royal Navy, the couple’s 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. It goes without saying that they spent wonderful family vacations together and made treasured memories.

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. As Annabel has described Camilla as King Charles’ “rock” during many difficult and trying years, it appears that their tight sibling bond is finally receiving some recognition.

I really can’t stress this enough: she is his rock. In the documentary, Annabel, an interior designer, stated, “She is someone who is totally loyal and doesn’t have a lot of highs and lows.” “He brings to her everything,” the queen’s sister continued. If she hadn’t met him, she wouldn’t have been open to the wide range of topics he knows and is interested in. I’m not talking about all of this. Although they are complete opposites and their yin and yang, it works incredibly well.

“I think what struck me particularly is how extraordinarily affectional they are,” continued Richard Jackson, Bishop of Hereford, one of the two Bishops Assistants to Queen Camilla for the coronation. They are obviously a very close family spanning all generations, and you felt as though you were a part of a family event in addition to a royal and national one.