Camilla’s True Feelings About Charles & Harry’s Reunion Revealed After Reports They Fell Out Over the Prince Calling His Dad’s Wife a ‘Villain’
If there’s someone who’s been privy to how King Charles feels about his feud with his youngest son, Prince Harry, it’s Queen Camilla. The King and his son have been heading toward a reconciliation for a bit, and though the process to get here—a face-to-face meeting—took a while, it seems to be just what the two parties wanted. But was Queen Camilla supportive or not?
According to Rob Shuter’s #ShuterScoop, Queen Camilla was supportive of the decision, as she “knows how deep the wounds run.” The same isn’t true of William, who reportedly didn’t even know the meeting was taking place. “He had no idea Harry was on the schedule — and certainly wasn’t asked for input,” a source said. “If William had been consulted, he would have tried to block it,” the source added. “That’s why Charles went ahead quietly.”
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Reportedly, one of the reasons the reconciliation took so long to materialize was Queen Camilla. Or, King Charles’ feelings about his wife. “When Harry branded his stepmother Camilla a ‘villain’ in his book and revealed that both he and William initially begged their father not to marry her, Harry committed what Charles regards as a cardinal sin,” Christopher Andersen, author of “The King,” told Fox News Digital last year.
“No one disses Camilla in royal circles and gets away with it – not even a son of the king,” he added.
It reportedly escalated to a point where the two weren’t speaking, even about King Charles’ health. “His calls go unanswered. He has tried to reach out about the king’s health, but those calls go unanswered, too,” a source told the outlet at the time.
Queen Camilla herself was reportedly not happy about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s docuseries, Harry & Meghan, or about what Harry said about her in his book, Spare. “When the docuseries came out, Camilla was furious,” a source told Us Weekly. “Then, when Spare [was released], Camilla was saddened by what was said about her. She was heartbroken and confused.”
Harry himself had given hints that his relationship with Queen Camilla had evolved into a more cordial one. In a 2023 interview with GMA, he said it had been “a long time” since he’d spoken to Camilla, but described their relationship in positive terms, all things considered. “She’s my stepmother. I don’t look at her as an evil stepmother. I see someone who married into this institution and has done everything that she can to improve her own reputation and her own image, for her own sake.”
Pretty positive, considering Harry’s own account, and reports from other sources that indicate that Prince William and Prince Harry both asked King Charles not to marry her, and only agreed when he promised not to give her the title of Queen. King Charles later did just that, too, with reports indicating that he left his kids feeling betrayed.
However, if the latest reports are to be believed, the hatchet has been buried, or at the very least, things are well enough that Queen Camilla would support her husband’s desire to make up with his son. And that’s a really good sign, all things considered.
