The life of Queen Consort Camilla

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For years, she was the "third person" in one of the most publicized marriages of the world.   On May 6, she will be crowned Queen Consort. This is the story of Camilla.

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00:00She was the villain.

00:01She was the third person in the marriage.

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01:34Andrew has never adored me like you do,

01:37or shown me the same devotion.

01:41He also doesn't need me like you do.

01:43I do need you.

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01:59Given the fact that the Princess of Wales

02:01believes that Prince Charles' friendship

02:03with another woman, Camilla Parker Bowles,

02:05has cast a long shadow over that marriage,

02:07must be considered when you look at the failure

02:09of this 11-year union.

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02:41Mrs Parker Bowles and her husband

02:43issued a statement this morning saying

02:45they'd grown apart in recent years

02:47and had little of common interest left in their lives.

02:50The announcement immediately focused attention

02:52on Prince Charles, who's admitted to having

02:54three separate affairs with Mrs Parker Bowles.

02:57Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles have much in common,

03:00most notably horse riding and polo,

03:02and, say friends, a joint sense of humour,

03:05things she did not share with her husband.

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03:16I don't think she should be there, not yet.

03:18It's a bit too early.

03:20It's lovely to see him happy.

03:22Yeah, I like her.

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03:46You and your brother both directly asked your dad

03:49not to marry Camilla.

03:51Yes.

03:52Why?

03:53We didn't think it was necessary.

03:55We thought that it was going to cause more harm than good

03:59and that if he was now with his person,

04:03that surely that's enough.

04:05Why go that far when you don't necessarily need to?

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04:34My family knew nothing about osteoporosis.

04:37The local GP was kind and sympathetic,

04:41but he, like us, was able to do little

04:44to alleviate the terrible pain my mother suffered so stoically.

04:50We watched in horror as she quite literally shrunk

04:54in front of our eyes.

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05:00We, the women and men of the Commonwealth,

05:04stand with victims and survivors

05:07who, despite the temptation to hide away in silence,

05:11speak up so others know they are not alone.

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05:20So, before lockdown, I wasn't a great lover of the internet.

05:25In fact, I was always trying to wrench these machines

05:29away from my grandchildren.

05:31But since lockdown, I'm afraid I have to admit

05:36I have become a little bit of an addict.

05:38I started reading when I was very, very young

05:42with a father who was a fervent bibliophile.

05:45So, from the age of two or three,

05:48he used to sit and read to us children

05:51and take us on wonderful adventures

05:53sort of all over the world.

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