On the cover of the latest issue of Country Life Camilla of Cornwall smiling and informal pose, pastel dress and a basket loaded with pelargonium in her hands. On the other side of the lens, to capture the moment, Kate Middleton, who has always photographed her children and who for the first time finds herself making the cover of a magazine.
It was the former Mrs. Parker Bowles who asked her husband’s daughter-in-law to take care of the photos, as told by Mark Hedges, editor of the magazine. “I wish Catherine would”, the Duchess’s answer to the question if she had any preference on the choice of photographer. “I spent the next three or four minutes desperately puzzling over trying to think of a professional photographer named Catherine, then suddenly I realized what she meant, one of the most amazing things that could happen»Said Hedges a People. And a behind-the-scenes shot of this unusual photo shoot was also shared on the official Clarence House account.
The number of Country Life starring Camilla will be on sale from next 13 July, and not surprisingly: on the 15th the Duchess will celebrate 75 years, an important milestone for Carlo’s wife, who after turbulent years is now an integral part of the British royal family and ready to fill the role of queen consort, for express wish of Elizabeth II. Strange how life goes. In the years of their youth, the Prince of Wales and Camilla Shand were not at all well regarded together by the sovereign, whom she once referred to as the future daughter-in-law. “That wicked woman”while today he has re-evaluated her to the point of wanting her as the first woman of England.
The former forbidden lover, very hated by the people during the years of the marriage between Charles and Diana, often considered the only one guilty of the princess’s unhappiness, it was nevertheless able to conquer its spaces in people’s hearts, without pretending to be like Diana or to emulate her style. Camilla is not a stage woman, she prefers more informal spaces, which are also the same closest to most of the members of the Windsor house. Lover of life in the countryside, a great lover of horses, in the long run has found more than one affinity with the queen, just by remaining herself. And this was and is her strength.
Only one person in the family seems not to have too much sympathy with her, Prince Harry, who still holds her responsible for her mother’s suffering. Brother William, on the other hand, over time has put everything into perspective. With everyone, Camilla went further. “I have been scrutinized for so long that I finally realized that I had to find a way to live with it. And I moved on, even though I think no one likes to always be looked at and criticized», He recently told British Vogue. He couldn’t have done anything else.
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