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Queen Camilla saved from being under pressure by having two vital traits

EXCLUSIVE: Queen Camilla has proven to be a grounding influence on King Charles, amid his cancer diagnosis, supporting him both privately and publicly as he carries out his royal duties

Since their marriage 20 years ago – and arguably during the three decades prior to that historic event – Queen Camilla has proved to be a grounding influence on King Charles, supporting him both privately and publicly, as he carries out his royal duties. Queen Camilla has had to attend engagements on her own, on behalf of King Charles“The thought of Mrs Parker Bowles distributing the Maundy money 25 years ago would have been risible,” says royal historian Hugo Vickers. In May, just days before Charles tentatively resumed his public duties, she hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace to re-launch her Wash Bag Project, which provides sexual assault survivors with toiletries.

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