Queen Camilla’s ‘Common’ Children Feel Like Outsiders To The Royal Family

There has been a considerable amount of controversy that surrounds the royal family, and that has been true for many decades. In recent times, however, Queen Camilla is considered the most controversial of all. Camilla met Prince Charles in 1970 at a polo match. Although there is not much that is officially known about the meeting and their relationship at the time, it is known that she married an Army officer in 1973 and they had two children together. They were eventually divorced in 1995.

Many people were watching on from afar at all the romantic connection that was between Charles and Camilla. They even blame her for the divorce between Charles and Princess Diana and tabloids often refer to her as being the third person in that marriage.

Camilla would eventually change how the public views her. She is a patron or president of more than 100 charities and is known for being a very giving person. Even though their marriage started with a lot of controversy surrounding it, it is known that they have a lot of love for each other and for their children. We see her as the queen at this time, but her children often feel as if they are not part of the family. Those children, Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes (born Laura Parker Bowles) were born with their father being her ex-husband, Andrew Parker Bowles. After she wed Prince Charles, she became the Duchess of Cornwall.

Penny Junior, who is a royal biographer wrote about her in the biography, The Firm. She wrote: “A not insignificant part of the reason why they had waited until 2005 to announce their engagement was a sensitivity towards the boys,” Junor wrote. “They didn’t want to foist a stepmother on William and Harry before they had fully grown up.”

In an interview with CBS News in 2023, Harry had something else to say. He said: “We didn’t think it was necessary,” Harry confirmed. “We thought that it was gonna cause more harm than good and that if he was now with his person, that — surely that’s enough. Why go that far when you don’t necessarily need to? We wanted him to be happy. And we saw how happy he was with her. So, at the time, it was, ‘Ok.’”

He was asked to give additional thoughts after saying that she’d be less dangerous if her father and she got married. Harry said: “That made her dangerous because of the connections that she was forging within the British press. And there was open willingness on both sides to trade of information. And with a family built on hierarchy, and with her, on the way to being Queen consort, there was gonna be people or bodies left in the street because of that.” Camilla eventually did connect with her stepsons and Harry said: “To be honest, she’s always been very close to me and William. She’s not a wicked stepmother. Look at the position she’s coming into.”

He also said that you should feel sorry for her and not him or William.

The relationship with the stepsiblings was not as close. And some felt as if things were not going well at all. A royal author, Katie Nicholl wrote: “William would blame Camilla for all the hurt she had caused his mother, which would send Laura into a rage,” Nicholl wrote. “Laura was not having any of it. She would take a hard line and fire back at William: ‘Your father has ruined my life.’”

Camilla’s son also had something to say about him and his sister staying out of the spotlight. He said that they did not feel quite part of the royal family. He went on to say: “My mother married into it. She’s part of it,” he said. “We’re the common children. We’re just on the side.” William and Harry have grown to love their new stepsiblings and the feeling seems to be mutual. The children have kept a low profile, but they’ve done well in their work. Camilla’s children also talk about why they decided to stay out of the spotlight. Tom said: “We are married in, we are not the royal family — I’ve never for one second said that.

“I find everyone incredibly nice and friendly and we’ve know them all for a long time. It does seem natural. That’s not to say myself and the children spend running around palaces. I have my own job and the children have school. I haven’t been to Christmas yet for various reasons.” Tom also showed how his mother and father still have a platonic relationship that does well. He said: “My mother and father are still great friends and we will go down on December 27 and my mother will sometimes come. “It is something to work towards. It’s a maturity that is a great thing if — despite a marriage sometimes not working — you can keep it together for the sake of the children and the sake of each other then it’s a very good thing.”