However, in the years since then, Camilla has earned the begrudging acceptance of much of the British public through a carefully marshaled campaign of public appearances and Valentino gowns. At one point, she was even pelted with bread rolls in the supermarket. In the aftermath of Diana’s death, the idea of Queen Camilla seemed frankly incomprehensible to a nation awash in grief. “There were three of us in the marriage,” she famously whispered, as the nation’s hearts filled with bilious rage, “so it was a bit crowded.” The prince and princess of Wales divorced the following year. In 1994, Charles confessed to adultery on national television, and, the following year, by which time Camilla and her husband had divorced, Diana herself referred to Charles’ long-running affair in an interview on the BBC. And, not long before the wedding, Diana happened upon a bracelet Charles had bought for Camilla, engraved with the letters “GF”-assumed to stand for “Girl Friday” or Gladys and Fred-nicknames plucked from Charles’ beloved Goon Show. Alas, it seems the female passenger was not Diana at all, but Mrs. At one point, a British newspaper reported that the 19-year-old had spent several hours with the prince aboard the royal train as it stood in a siding one evening. However, in private, CPB is said to have referred to Diana as “that ridiculous creature.” In years to come, Diana would retaliate by labeling Camilla “the Rottweiler.”ĭespite Charles’ involvement with Diana, and the fact that Camilla was now married with two children, the relationship did not appear to wane. The story goes that in the end it was Camilla who helped Charles find a suitable wife in the shape of Lady Diana Spencer, and furthermore that he proposed to her in the Parker Bowles’ cabbage patch. So, a forlorn and dejected Charles set about finding a princess, dating a succession of pretty young damsels, but with one eye forever resting wistfully on the vision that was Mrs.