Prince Charles faces 'problem' once Queen dies says expert

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This week marked the ten-year anniversary of Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding. The pair married in front of millions in 2011, tying the knot at Westminster Abbey in London. Many have reflected on the pair’s struggles in the past decade.

This is especially true of the more recent feuds played out in the Royal Family, particularly with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

The couple’s marriage has nonetheless endured, with the Queen having been delighted to welcome Kate into the upper echelons of The Firm.

The same can’t be said for all royal weddings, however.

Shortly after Charles divorced Princess Diana in 1996 he rekindled a romance with Camilla.

The pair had had an on-and-off affair during their marriages to other people.

In July 1997, Charles hosted a birthday party for Camilla, and just over a month later Diana tragically passed away in a car accident in Paris.

He therefore put his campaign to introduce the public to his relationship with Camilla on ice.

The following year, in 1998, he gradually resumed the process of legitimising his relationship, confirming a report that Camilla had met William and would meet Prince Harry soon.

The Queen disapproved of Charles and Camilla’s previously adulterous relationship, which was revealed in Diana’s bombshell panorama documentary in 1995.

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Her doubts would continue through to their civil ceremony in 2005.

Before the service, Andrew Alderson, writing in The Daily Telegraph, suggested that the Queen was fearful that Charles and Camilla’s marriage would “tarnish the monarchy”.

He wrote: “The Queen has ‘distanced’ herself from the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker Bowles because she believes that her son is putting personal gratification before duty, royal courtiers have disclosed.

“The courtiers also say privately that the Queen is ‘lukewarm’ about the marriage and is worried that it could tarnish the monarchy.”

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Shortly before the wedding day, one courtier told the publication: “The problems of the past week go back many years.

“The Queen believes that the Prince of Wales has put his own gratification and interests before duty by pursuing his relationship with Camilla, and she can never forgive that.”

Mr Alderson continued: “The courtiers said yesterday that Prince Charles’s private office had been outmanoeuvred by Buckingham Palace and that Sir Robin Janvrin, the Queen’s private secretary, had tried to protect her from becoming involved in a ‘town hall marriage’ which demeaned her own status.”

A separate courtier told the author: “Robin is very clever.

“As soon as he sensed controversy, he did what he always does and wrapped the Queen in cotton wool to make sure that she didn’t get damaged by events.”

The courtier added that Sir Robin’s intervention was “symptomatic” of the Queen’s long-standing “concern” over Charles’s relationship with Camilla.

Meanwhile, to mark their anniversary, Kate and William released a series of photographs from over the years

The pictures were posted on the Royal Family’s social media accounts, alongside a message reading: “Wishing The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge a very happy wedding anniversary.”

Charles and Camilla’s official Twitter account also posted a congratulatory message featuring a party popper emoji.

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