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Queen Camilla gave crucial advice to Kate Middleton on 'how to have happy royal marriage'


Queen Camilla reportedly once gave Kate Middleton some sage advice on how to have a happy marriage with a royal, and it seems the Duchess of Cambridge took note

Camilla first caught then then Prince Charles' eye at a polo match in 1970, reportedly winning him over with the cheeky pick-up line "My great-grandmother was the mistress of your great-great-grandfather. Citing insights from Robert Lacey's Battle of the Brothers, he revealed: "Camilla had confided to Kate that the secret of hanging on to a busy Prince is to fit your timetable – well basically your whole life around his. Queen Camilla and Kate Middleton on Remembrance Sunday (Image: PA)He took her to William's flat at Clarence House and left them alone for half an hour.

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