Camilla had no ‘end game’ to be Queen, insists her son in rare interview
ok.co.ukThe Queen Consort’s son has hit back at claims Camilla played an “end game” to become Queen – saying she “just married the person she loved”.Tom Parker Bowles, speaking on The News Agents podcast, insisted: “I think change happens but I don’t care what anyone says – this wasn’t any sort of end game. “She married the person she loved and this is what happened.” His remarks counter allegations by his stepbrother, the Duke of Sussex, who branded Camilla “dangerous” in his autobiography Spare and wrote how she played “the long game”, with a campaign aimed at marriage and “the crown”.
Asked if his mother will be anxious ahead of the coronation on May 6, Mr Parker Bowles told hosts Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel it is “tough” to take on such a role during the ceremony but “she’s never complained”. “I think anyone would be anxious on an occasion of this sort of importance in terms of the historical.
And yes, I think I’d be terrified if I had to sort of walk out wearing ancient robes…” he said. “She’s 75, but you know, it’s tough to do it.
But she’s never complained. You just do it. get on with it.” Mr Parker Bowles praised the King and Queen Consort, saying: “I think they’re doing amazingly.
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