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The Duchess : Camilla Parker Bowles and the love affair that rocked the crown / Penny Junor.

by Junor, Penny.

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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2018.

941.086092 C183j

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 1947- -- Marriage.

Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948- -- Marriage.

Princes -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Mistresses -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History.

Royal couples -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Nobility -- Great Britain -- 21st century -- Biography.

9780062471109 (hc.)

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Camilla Parker Bowles and the love affair that rocked the crown.

First U.S. edition.

xxi, 294 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

"Originally published as The Duchess: the untold story in Great Britain in 2017 by William Collins."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.

The problem -- Debs' delight -- Medals not money -- History -- The foundation years -- The stuffed stoat -- Swinging sixties -- Mrs PB -- The attentions of a prince -- An education -- A suitable bride -- Dishonesty all around -- A state of mind -- The stuff of nightmares -- Princess of Wales -- A plea for help -- For King and country -- Annus horribilis -- The final salvos -- Dark days -- Divorce -- Blackadder -- Week of waiting -- A low profile -- Raw recruit -- Coming out -- A little local difficulty -- U-turn -- Final furlong -- It girl -- Staying sane -- Pillars of interest -- A good read -- Nothing to prove -- In the family -- Bedside manner -- Abroad -- Wow -- Making a difference -- Domestic violence -- Mending fences -- The future.

An in-depth biography of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall - the infamous other woman who made the marriage of Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana "a bit crowded." Royal biographer Penny Junor tells the extraordinary story of the woman reviled as a pariah who, thanks to numerous twists of fate, became the princess consort. Penny Junor casts her insightful, sensitive eye on the intriguing, once widely despised, and little-known Camilla Parker Bowles, revealing the remarkable rise of a woman who was the most notorious mistress in the world. As Camilla's marriage to Charles approached in 2005, the British public were upset at the prospect that this woman, universally reviled for wrecking the royal marriage, would one day become queen. Sensitive to public opinion, the palace announced that this would never happen; when Charles eventually acceded to the throne, Camilla would be known as the princess consort. Yet a decade later British public sentiment had changed, with a majority believing that Camilla should become queen. Junor argues that although Camilla played a central role in the darkest days of the modern monarchy - Charles and Diana's acrimonious and scandalous split - she also played a central role in restoring the royal family's reputation, especially that of Prince Charles. A woman with no ambition to be a princess, a duchess, or a queen, Camilla simply wanted to be with, and support, the man who has always been the love of her life. Junor contends that their marriage has reinvigorated Charles, allowing him to finally become comfortable as the heir to the British throne.

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