Things have been far from
hunky-dory between father and son Prince William and Prince
Charles, reported Globe earlier. But now the relationship is said to be
even worse ever since Camilla Parker-Bowles decided to make an unsolicited
visit to Kate Middleton recently.
Apparently she did so as she
wanted to take advantage of William’s absence to join Catherine for a
spontaneous tea party. However, there was nothing innocuous in Camilla’s visit.
Her reason for dropping by was actually to try to humiliate Duchess Kate.
According to sources, Camilla has
been acting ‘particularly obnoxious’ ever since Queen Elizabeth announced the
new royal decree by which Duchess Kate had to curtsy to senior royals like
Camilla in public, whenever Prince William was not around. Camilla has been
said to be exploiting the new rule to lord over modest Kate.
The backdrop to the confrontation
between Prince Charles and William requires some clarification. By popular
sentiment Prince William was expecting to ascend the throne but has now become
quite bitter ever since his grandma Queen
Elizabeth II took the decision that Prince of Wales (Charles) will
be succeeding her to the throne.
This despite the fact that
majority of the Britons (according to surveys) prefer the more popular and
respectable William as a perfect choice for being the British monarch.
William’s friends opine that he was “stabbed in the back” by his own father.
Apparently, Prince Charles
convinced the 86-year-old Queen that William and Kate were just “too immature”
to take on the responsibility of the British Crown. GLOBE (print edition, July
30, 2012) quoted a palace insider in this context.
“William is convinced Camilla was
the puppet master behind the Queen’s decision. He believes she persuaded
hapless Charles it would be best for the nation if William and Kate were left
to go on with the rest of their lives and raise a family,” disclosed the
insider.
However, the intuitive and
worldly-wise William knows the truth – “He sure that Camilla only wanted to
realize her dream of becoming one of the world’s richest and most powerful women.
It’s the only reason she’s staying in her sham marriage,” add the inside
source.
But Queen Elizabeth’s deal with
son Charles has a rider attached. She has agreed to allow him to ascend the
throne after her, provided he keeps his marriage to Camilla intact. As it is
the whole world knows about Charles murky divorce from William’s mother, Princess
Diana amidst a terrible scandal.
At that point Charles was said to
be cheating her with Camilla and nearly everyone knew it. Hence a second
divorce now would be out of the question as it would permanently impair
Charles’ chance of becoming Britain’s
King. He needs to do everything in his power to keep the batty Camilla happy
and she is said to be quite a handful.
Against this backdrop, just
imagine the shock that Duchess Kate must have got when out of the blue, the
wily Camilla telephoned her and announced that she was coming over for tea!
“Camilla told her, you and I need to talk and I’m not going to leave until we
thrash things out once and for all. I want you to show me respect!”
The palace insider believes
Camilla’s sole intention in visiting Kate was to humiliate her and use the
opportunity to bend Kate to her will. The source said: “Charles’s wife called
her chauffeur-driven car, snootily telling Kate she expected tea ready and
waiting -on the very best China
– the moment she arrived It was intended to be an insult – and Kate reacted
like she’d been slapped in the face!”
Well, as anyone can well imagine,
the little impromptu tea party was a super flop. However, later when William
got to hear about Camilla’s machinations, he is said to have confronted his
dad. He was even overheard telling Charles: “Camilla was completely out of order;
she was not invited and had no business being in my house!”
Naturally, Charles was enraged at
William’s sharp comments, especially since he is doing everything to appease
Camilla so that she remains docile and does not destroy his chance of becoming the
king. As it is, he is least bothered whether Camilla wants to make Kate curtsy
to her or not, it’s inconsequential to him. Apparently, the exchange between
father and son got pretty nasty.
All the gory details plus what
took place at the tea party between Camilla and Kate Middleton can be read in
this week’s Globe issue. Of course it’s left to the readers’ discretion to
believe or not whatever is being reported by Globe. Would love to know what you
think about this exchange and the backdrop to the royal fracas.
Sources: Celeblaundry.com/Globe
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