Charles did not meet Camilla until “the summer of 1972—long after Andrew and Anne’s romance was over. They were introduced by mutual friendwho told me about inviting them over for a drink at her flat in London. Prince Charles also toldthat Lucia introduced them in 1972. Charles fell madly in love with Camilla, but to her it was a fling—he was the Prince of Wales. Meanwhile, Andrew was off in Ireland and Cyprus for six months.”the queen mother, and Princess Anne.
“Interfering like that is something the queen would never do,” said Smith. “It was highly unlikely that she even knew about Charles and Camilla. It was generally known that Camilla was in love with Andrew Parker Bowles and wanted to marry him. But no one took the romance between Charles and Camilla seriously. They were sort of under the radar. The only one who really knew about it was [Charles’s great-uncle] Lord Mountbatten, and he promoted it. He invited them to Broadlands together.
Smith further noted that Andrew remained in such good graces with the royal family that “a couple weeks after he and Camilla were married, the Queen Mother had them for the weekend up in Scotland. I’ve seen the guest book. They were there in August 1973.”is a fictional portrayal of the royal family,” Smith clarified. “And it’s beautifully done, beautifully written, beautifully acted. . .but, because of that, audiences tend to take it at face value. A lot of it is made up.
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