Prince William, Kate Middleton’s Ups and Downs With Queen Camilla

After Queen Camilla married King Charles III in April 2005, his two sons finally got here round to the concept of getting a stepmother.

Whereas the king beforehand dated Camilla as a teen, they finally married different individuals. Charles, for his half, wed Princess Diana in 1981 and welcomed sons Prince William and Prince Harry in 1982 and 1984, respectively. Camilla had gotten married eight years earlier to Andrew Parker Bowles. Camilla and Andrew additionally share two youngsters: Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes.

Charles and Camilla had been later concerned in an extramarital affair scandal. They every acquired divorced in 1996 and later began to publicly date. When the previous Prince of Wales was eager to suggest to Camilla, each of his sons had been cautious.

The Prince of Wales and Harry finally made their peace with Charles and Camilla, partially because of William’s spouse, Princess Kate Middleton. Kate even snapped the queen’s Nation Life cowl story in October 2022.

“[Camilla] instantly replied, ‘Oh I’d fairly like Catherine to do it.’ I spent the subsequent three or 4 minutes desperately racking my mind making an attempt to consider knowledgeable photographer referred to as Catherine,” the journal editor, Mark Hedges, revealed within the situation. “Then immediately I grasped what she meant — one of the vital superb issues that would occur. I discovered it one of many simpler issues to nod my head at.”

Scroll beneath to revisit William and Kate’s relationship with Camilla by the years: