After decades of devotion and 18 years of marriage, King Charles III will finally see his goal realised when his “darling wife” Queen Camilla is crowned at his side on Saturday.
She was the non-negotiable part of his life, despite their long relationship challenging Britain’s institutions and triggering strong public resistance.
But at London’s Westminster Abbey, Camilla will be anointed and crowned as queen, in the presence of world leaders.
Never truly in her element in the public eye, is the woman who lived for so long in the shadows worried about the global spotlight of the coronation?
“Anyone would be anxious on an occasion of this sort of importance,” her son Tom Parker Bowles told The News Agents podcast.
“I’d be terrified if I had to sort of walk out wearing ancient robes,” the food writer said.
“She’s 75, it’s hard to do it. But she never complained.”
Parker Bowles said the couple were “doing amazingly”.
His 74-year-old stepfather was a “good, kind, intelligent man who cares deeply about his roles”, he said.
However, the road to the coronation has not been easy.
