As Queen Camilla turns 76, her son’s ex-wife dishes on ‘the hate years’

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Queen Camilla still has a special bond with her former daughter-in-law Sara Parker Bowles. Sara was married to the monarch’s son, Tom, from 2005 until 2018.The fashion editor opened up about her relationship with Camilla —who turned 76 on July 17.The royal’s ex-family member told the Times how when she and Tom got together, Camilla was having a hard time with her public image — a period dubbed “the hate years.”“[Camilla] wasn’t accepted at all.

She didn’t talk about it. She was just very brave and uncomplaining,” Sara said.“Tom was worried it would happen all over again when the queen died, but it has been the opposite,” she said, also alluding to how she believed Camilla would behave after Queen Elizabeth passed.The queen died in September 2022, with Camilla and her husband, King Charles, becoming monarchs upon her passing.

Sara and Camilla have stayed close despite Sara and Tom divorcing. Sara and her kids, Lola and Freddy, attended the coronation in May, with her son serving as one of Camilla’s Pages of Honor.The Wardrobe Revivals founder looked back on the crowning, saying: “Camilla was really, really nervous.

She wanted the people that she loved around her. [The king] wasn’t nervous at all. But Camilla didn’t ask for any of this.”“She’s the human face of the royal family because she’s not part of it.