From the "evil woman" and "rottweiler" of the past to the "beacon of stability" for the British monarchy today.
In these few but very distant words used to define Camilla we understand how over the decades the opinion of public opinion in the United Kingdom has radically changed on the woman who for a long time had to live with the ghost of Princess Diana, but who today
is fully recognized as queen and pillar at the side of Charles III in the most difficult moment of the sovereign's life.
The press then, starting from the tabloids, which had once targeted her as the "intriguing lover" and the presumed "culprit" of the end of the marriage between Charles and Lady D, now recognizes her as a leading figure - the Mirror comes to title 'In Camilla We Trust' (We believe in Camilla) - not only for the ailing king but for the entire Firm.
While the heir to the throne William is also ready to return to public commitments after the break for abdominal surgery and the hospitalization of his wife Kate
, who will have to focus only on her physical recovery for a few months, avoiding official events.
In recent weeks Camilla was the only active senior royal to participate in a series of public engagements and at the same time to reassure the country that her husband was still in good spirits despite his health problems.
And perhaps the advice given by Camilla to Carlo to work less, which ended up in the media of the Kingdom, represented a sign of what would then happen.
The day after the sovereign's resignation from hospital, following a prostate procedure, the queen, very committed to the promotion of culture and godmother, among many bodies, also of the National Literacy Trust, hosted a reception at Windsor Castle for authors and illustrators.
You then opened a charity cancer center at the Royal Free Hospital in London, and you again attended the 850th anniversary celebrations of the St John's Foundation in Bath.
Joe Little, commentator on royal affairs and editor of Majesty magazine, has no doubts: "I think that only now are people appreciating the true value of Queen Camilla and it will be like this in the coming weeks."
But this undisputed recognition occurs in the name of bad luck: the late reign of Charles and Camilla, he 75 years old and she 76, is now about to experience the most difficult test after the many overcome by the two in their long and turbulent love story, opposed in the past by many, even for a certain period by the late Queen Elizabeth who then completely changed her mind, and then finally reached the finish line before her wedding in 2005 and then last year of the solemn coronation at Westminster Abbey as king and Queen.
There are more difficult days ahead for Camilla as within the royal family we prepare to put aside the rivalries of the past, including William and Harry's residual ones towards their stepmother who became queen
, and to replace the sovereign in the various representation commitments which he will have to give up as indicated by the doctors.
The heir to the throne begins this new situation tomorrow, with an investiture at Windsor Castle and in the evening attending the London Air Ambulance's annual fundraising gala in central London.
While his brother Harry rushed to London to meet his father Charles in a reconciliation meeting after the break with the Royal Family in 2020 and the most recent tensions.
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