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British royal family news reveals that Queen Camilla has been through the wringer via her association with the monarchy.

Once the “other woman” she now sits on the throne and by and large the public has come to accept the woman the late Diana portrayed as the third party in her marriage to King Charles.

Royal pundit Penny Junor told Vanity Fair: “Before she married Charles, no one really knew Camilla. They only knew that Diana had called her a Rottweiler.” Here is what to know about some of Camilla’s more shady alleged behavior.

Camilla Clashed With Kate

Royal author Christopher Andersen claims that Camilla’s jealousy of Princess Catherine makes for a tense dynamic between them.

He said that at one time “Tensions mounted as the two queens-in-waiting protected the interests of their kings and their competing courts vied for the love of the people and the power that comes with it.

Meghan Markle is trying to steal attention away from #KateGate. In the U.S., fans of the British Royal Family are trying to figure out what happened to Kate Middleton.

She disappeared from the spotlight since having abdominal surgery. Kate released a family photo to show that she’s well.

However, it didn’t go over well with the public since she was accused of Photoshop. The Duchess of Cambridge has failed to keep up with appearances, which has led to the growing concern.

She might not make a public appearance until after Easter. This is Meghan’s time to shine. She announced her new venture. Keep on reading to learn more.

Meghan Markle – Announces New Brand

Meghan Markle is making her big comeback. The Duchess of Susex announced her new lifestyle project, called American Riviera Orchard. She teased the new Instagram account and video clip. Her new venture will include a Netflix collaboration.

All the queen’s horses and all the queen’s dogs — what’s going to happen to Queen Elizabeth II’s beloved animals now that she has died?

Queen Elizabeth adored animals, especially horses, cows and, perhaps most of all, her corgis.

The monarch, 96, died on Sept. 8, and senior members of the Royal Family rushed to Balmoral Castle in Scotland to be at her bedside.

Read more: Queen Elizabeth II: The sweetest, funniest moments from her reign

And while her life was chock-full of impressive achievements and interests over the course of her 70-year reign, perhaps none was more enduring or long-spanning as her love for animals.

File photo dated 12/05/73 of Queen Elizabeth II sitting with her corgis, at Virginia Water to watch competitors, including Prince Philip in the Marathon of the European Driving Championship, part of the Royal Windsor Horse Show. — Press Association

Over the course of her life,...

Queen Elizabeth II died at age 96 on Sept. 8, after it was announced that she was unwell and under medical observation at Balmoral Castle, with Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry, and other senior royals by her side. Understandably, the entire world is mourning the long-ruling monarch - Elizabeth reigned for 70 years, and was the only UK royal leader for many people's lifetimes.

Since the death of the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, in April 2021, questions about the Queen's well-being were top of mind. Queen Elizabeth was, of course, the head of state for 16 nations. So what actually happens now that the Queen has died? From a comedy TV ban to black ties worn by newscasters, read ahead for the official plan that has been in place since the 1960s.

What Does "London Bridge Is Down" Mean?

Fittingly, the plan in place (which has been in development since the 1960s) is called Operation London Bridge.

Prince William and Kate Middleton may not become king and queen for decades yet—and they're undoubtedly in no rush—but when the time comes, they'll be ready. And those who enjoy having a monarchy in their midst can rest assured that William has picked just the right person to be by his side for the duration of the journey, much as the queen herself did 75 years ago. "I think that Kate is a bit like Prince Philip supporting the Queen," royal biographer Penny Junor told People in 2020. "She doesn't outshine William but still has a lot to say herself." It's no secret that Kate, also known as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has been steadfastly stepping...

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are getting ready to speak their truth. Ahead of their highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey, we've gotten a few peeks of what's to come, and in the latest teaser, Meghan states that "there is an active role that The Firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us." So, who exactly is this "Firm," you ask?

While "The Firm" may be a new phrase to some, those who've been keeping up with the British royal family know that it's commonly used to reference the royal family and their business. "The House of Windsor is a big business, though one with more ups and downs than the stock market," author Penny Junor wrote in the 2005 book The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor. "Prince Philip calls it 'The Firm,' and all the royal executives and their powerful...

“The Crown” came under fire by members close to the British royal family last November following the fourth season premiere of the drama series on Netflix. Royal biographer Penny Junor told The Times of London the series was “the most cruel and unfair and horrible portrayal” of the Royal family. But in a new interview with James Corden on “The Late Late Show,” Prince Harry admitted “The Crown” is mostly accurate when it comes to depicting the lifestyle pressures that come with being a British royal. Harry stressed “The Crown” is a fictional piece of work, and he commended the Netflix program for not acting like it’s fact-based news.

“They don’t pretend to be news. It’s fictional — but it’s loosely based on the truth. Of course it’s not strictly accurate, of course,” Prince Harry said. “But loosely, it gives you a rough idea about what...

Reports are coming in from sources close to the British royal family that several members are upset with the just-released fourth season of Netflix’s “The Crown.” The new episodes of Peter Morgan’s popular series tackle the toxic marriage between Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) and Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin). Royal biographer Penny Junor tells The Times of London that Charles would likely be “incredibly upset” by Season 4 due to a scene where Charles’ great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten (Charles Dance), says the royal family is disappointed in Charles’ relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles (Emerald Fennell).

“It’s the most cruel and unfair and horrible portrayal of almost all of them,” Junor told The Times while claiming showrunner and writer Morgan has “invented stuff to make expensive and very rich drama.” The biographer added that Mountbatten’s dismissal of Camilla to Charles’ face is “just not historically accurate” and would be tough for...

The next generation of royals are stealing the spotlight in season three of The Crown, and that's thanks in large part to their love lives being every bit as dramatic as an episode of Days of Our Lives. The sudsy storyline involving Princess Anne and Camilla Parker Boyle's love triangle is all too real. It seems that both Princess Anne and Camilla were involved with the British Army Officer Andrew Parker Boyle in the '70s - and poor Prince Charles ended up being roped into the drama as well when he fell for Camilla.

Royal biographer Penny Junor detailed the tangled love lives of the young royals at the Henley Literary Festival, per Harper's Bazaar. "Camilla was passionately in love with Andrew but he was a cad, he was bonking other people, some of her friends," she reportedly said. It seems his dalliances extended to Princess Anne, who was...

It's fairly common knowledge at this point that Prince William doesn't wear a wedding ring, but as it turns out, he's never worn one at all. In fact, he doesn't even have one. Even at his wedding in 2011, the future king didn't have a ring, although his wife, Kate, did (and wears hers consistently). So, is this another royal rule, or some indicator of Prince William's state of mind about marriage? Nope, it's much simpler than that: he just doesn't like rings.

That's right: in this case, it's simply all about personal preference. Like plenty of guys, Prince William just isn't big on jewelry, and since it's not a "requirement" of etiquette that a royal man wear a wedding ring, he just never got one at all.

"He doesn't like jewelry, and the Palace issued a statement before their wedding saying so," royal biographer Penny Junor told Vogue. The statement...

Diana, Princess of Wales, became a global icon whose every move was followed, but her early years were spent in relative obscurity despite living in one of the queen's back gardens. William and Harry's mom was mixing with royalty long before her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981, but well away from camera lenses. In some ways, Diana's childhood in the English countryside was idyllic, but it was also filled with sadness, too, as she coped with her parents' breakup. Here are some of the most interesting facts about the early years of the late Princess Di.

The queen was her neighbor. Diana was born at Park House on the Sandringham Estate on July 1, 1961, just a stone's throw from Elizabeth II's house. Her parents, John and Frances, had taken a lease on the home soon after their wedding, which was held at Westminster Abbey in 1954 with the queen as guest of honor.

We all know how strongly Diana, Princess of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles felt about each other in the '80s and '90s. As Diana's marriage to Prince Charles fell apart, she laid the blame very firmly with Camilla, and the uncomfortable and sometimes angry relationship between the two was played out on a very public stage. But the two women were initially friends. Camilla's biographer, Penny Junor, noted that when Lady Diana Spencer first began dating the heir to the throne in 1980, they were often guests at Bolehyde Manor in Wiltshire, the country home Camilla shared with her first husband, Andrew Parker Bowles. The women enjoyed each other's company, and Diana is said to have enjoyed helping Camilla with her young children, Tom and Laura.

Before the royal engagement was announced, Camilla provided a friendly shoulder to lean on as Diana navigated one of her first experiences with the cameras at Ludlow Races,...

Forget about a baby — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle went for the pet instead! According to People, the royal couple got a new dog together earlier this summer, however, the pup — whom they've reportedly named Oz — is reportedly causing some trouble at Kensington Palace. A source previously revealed that Harry, 33, and Meghan, 37, are now parents to a Labrador who has been traveling with them to the Cotswolds and living with them at Nottingham Cottage over the past few months. The problem? Meghan's Beagle named Guy allegedly isn't warming up to Oz! "The lab absolutely loves Guy, but Guy doesn't like the new dog at all! When the lab comes near him, he nips and tries to get away," a source told Ok! Magazine in the magazine's newest issue, on newsstands now. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Meghan has been a dog owner since before Oz (who's name fans are speculating could...

Forget about a baby — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle went for the pet instead! According to People, the royal couple got a new dog together earlier this summer, however, the pup — whom they've reportedly named Oz — is reportedly causing some trouble at Kensington Palace. A source previously revealed that Harry, 33, and Meghan, 37, are now parents to a Labrador who has been traveling with them to the Cotswolds and living with them at Nottingham Cottage over the past few months. The problem? Meghan's Beagle named Guy allegedly isn't warming up to Oz! "The lab absolutely loves Guy, but Guy doesn't like the new dog at all! When the lab comes near him, he nips and tries to get away," a source told Ok! Magazine in the magazine's newest issue, on newsstands now. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Meghan has been a dog owner since before Oz (who's name fans are speculating could...

Forget about a baby — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle went for the pet instead! According to People, the royal couple got a new dog together earlier this summer. A source revealed that Harry, 33, and Meghan, 37, are now parents to a Labrador who has been traveling with them to the Cotswolds and living with them at Nottingham Cottage over the past few months. The dog's name has not yet been revealed. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Before this new addition, Meghan was already a dog owner. However, she had to leave behind her Labrador-shepherd mix Bogart when she arrived in London from Toronto after she got engaged to Harry in November because he was too old to fly. Luckily for Meg, her other pup, a Beagle named Guy, has been by her side during her past few months of royal life. Palace sources also recently revealed that Harry was considering gifting Meghan...

As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tie the knot, all eyes are on the bride and the long-awaited reveal of her wedding gown. But there's one other area royal watchers are also interested in: the groom's facial hair. Harry, who served two tours of Afghanistan, is wearing his military uniform for his wedding today, just as his brother, Prince William, did at his 2011 nuptials to Kate Middleton. But army rules dictate that grooms who marry in uniform should, technically, be clean-shaven. "He's not able to wear his Royal Horse Guards uniform with a beard," English journalist Hugo Vickers told the Press Association. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) But Harry clearly broke that rule! The 33-year-old is sporting a full beard for his royal nuptials today — and we must say, he looks quite handsome! Believe it or not, the beloved royal has worn a military dress coat in public with a beard before.

Though it's been decades since Princess Diana's tragic death and Prince Charles' remarriage to Camilla Parker Bowles, new details about the trio's tumultuous relationship continue to emerge. In his new book, Rebel Prince: The Power and Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles, author Tom Bower has claimed that Charles and Camilla once plotted to publicly portray Diana as "unbalanced and unfaithful" in order for Camilla to be more well-liked. According to Bower, Charles and Camilla worked with their PR rep and assistant private secretary Mark Bolland to devise a plan to attack Diana's image. They reportedly wanted to "demythologize Diana by portraying her as a manipulative hysteric," following her August 1997 death at age 36. Charles and Diana (left) and Charles and Camilla (right). (Photo Credit: Getty Images) The couple — who famously had an extramarital affair while Charles was married to Diana — then allegedly worked with author Penny Junor to...

Out with the old, in with the new!

As 2017 wraps up, the changing of the guard is clear in royal circles as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle toss out the traditional play book. With the release of three stunning new photos on Dec. 21 that look more like Hollywood movie stills than official palace portraits, the engaged couple demonstrated yet again that they are writing their own rules. Harry, a source tells People in this week’s cover story, is “cock-a-hoop” at the prospect of their life together. (Translation: Deliriously happy.)

As they plan their May 19 wedding, Harry, 33, and Meghan, 36, are...

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall turns 70 on Monday — and she is being celebrated with an official new portrait.

The image was taken by famed photographer Mario Testino, who famously captured Princess Diana in her last official photo shoot. (Those photos are currently on exhibit at Diana’s childhood home, Althorp.)

In the new photograph, Camilla — in a navy blue dress coat by designer Fiona Clare – poses with husband Prince Charles in the Morning Room at Clarence House, their London residence.

It’s the second time Testino has publicly photographed Camilla. In a statement, the photographer said he was “honored” to capture...

Ahead of the release of a new biography about Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, new details have emerged of threatening phone calls Princess Diana allegedly made to her while still married to Prince Charles.

In a new excerpt from the book, The Duchess: The Untold Story, posted on the Daily Mail, biographer Penny Junor writes that Camilla received several “threatening and unnerving” phone calls from Diana in the middle of the night.

Diana would say things like, “‘I’ve sent someone to kill you. They’re outside in the garden. Look out the window; can you see them?'” according to Junor and her sources,...

Prince Charles was the “architect of the disaster” of his marriage to Princess Diana, a new book claims.

Even though he had ended his relationship with former girlfriend Camilla Parker Bowles as soon as he decided to get engaged to Diana in February 1981, the young princess-to-be needed more reassurance, The Duchess: The Untold Story, by Penny Junor claims.

In the newest excerpt of the book posted on the Daily Mail on Monday, Junor unveils a catalogue of mistakes in the marriage that rocked the British monarchy in the ’90s. The new revelations come ahead of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall’s...

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is making her side of the story heard.

In the upcoming biography The Duchess: The Untold Story, written by royal biographer Penny Junor with input from many of Camilla’s closest friends, new revelations have emerged about her longtime love affair with Prince Charles.

In an adapted excerpt published Friday by the Daily Mail, Junor details Prince Charles’s sadness when Camilla decided to marry Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973. Although she and Charles had met two years prior and fallen in love, she was not deemed “sufficiently aristocratic” to be the future king’s wife. What’s more,...

Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat has been criticised after including a sexually explicit joke about Prince Harry.

The student comedy has been accused of "degrading" the royal family by including the remark in an episode aired on Monday (November 4).

Comedian Jack Whitehall's character Jp tells another character in the opening instalment of the third series: "I'll take you to a place on the King's Road where Prince Harry got a hand job off an assistant manager at Abercrombie & Fitch."

Channel 4 has responded to complaints by describing the joke as "clearly tongue in cheek", adding that the context of the remark should be considered.

However, The Daily Telegraph quotes Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell as saying: "The media should not involve the royal family in this sort of thing. It's inappropriate and degrading and it demeans the broadcasters that engage in it. It's just wrong.

"It's all very well to...

What's been said before has all been true. Due to reading up on Prince William and Kate Middleton before the nuptials and a variety of Lifetime type specials, we knew that they had broken up at one time in 2007. We knew that she didn't just sit at home waiting for him to change his mind either. We knew that she headed out to dance clubs and William finally realized that she was the woman for him. After 10 years of dating, he finally took the plunge and gave the stunning bride-to-be what she had always wanted: commitment in the relationship. But did you know that he had doubts of marrying her for fear that he would cheat? Yep. And that's based on what he experienced with his father while growing up.

According to veteran royal reporter Penny Junor, William took his time before marrying Kate because of the broken marriage he...

A palace-approved tell-all reveals that William originally feared he couldn't be monogamous with Kate Middleton. We think the Duke of Cambridge has been watching too many episodes of Sister Wives! In Prince William: The Man Who Will Be King, one of Prince William's biggest fears about marriage is unveiled: staying faithful to Kate Middleton! During their nearly 10-year courtship, the prince "had very real worries about whether it was possible to love just one woman," writes royal insider, Penny Junor. Even worse, the explosive tell-all makes makes Kate appear desperate, stating that the couple split in 2007 because "Kate had always wanted rather more commitment than he was prepared to give." According to Penny, the prince allowed his staff to be interviewed for the book, an approval that even she found odd. "It's very unusual for the prince's household to speak to a biographer like me," she tells In Touch.

Britain's Prince William rekindled his relationship with his now wife Duchess Catherine in 2007 because he got 'jealous'. The second-in-line to the British throne broke up with the then Kate Middleton in April 2007 after a few years of dating because he was feeling 'claustrophobic', but eventually returned to her because he 'couldn't bear' the thought of her being with someone else. According to the new book 'Prince William: Born To Be A King: An Intimate Portrait', author Penny Junor said: ' The problem was William: he had very real worries about whether it was possible to love just one woman. After his hurricane childhood, he was understandably cautious about committing to a relationship. 'It's likely he was...

Away from the posh frocks and official royal appearances, the Duchess of Cambridge has quietly found some rewardingly work volunteering with kids - helping scouts near her home on Anglesey in North Wales. Keeping the promise she made in January as she announced her official charities, Kate, 30, has been spending time with youngsters and even putting her knowledge of sailing to use in the process. "She's used her experience as a sailor to help them with knotting," a local scouting source tells People. "She's been involved in managing games and joining in art and crafts activities. ... We also pitched tents...