Queen Camilla taking part in a documentary to highlight abuse of women

It's the cause, surely? Not whether you like the woman or not.
Seems a strange thing to castigate a woman for - supporting victims of DV.

And he'd been sliding in her DMs and beyond whilst married.

Then so did Diana. She was the cause of Will Carling’s divorce.

Except she hasn’t.

Emotional abuse is abuse though.

Lying, coercive control, it's all abuse.

Womens aid describes it as abuse.

She's a strong advocate for all women who have been subjected to domestic violence. It's not a glamorous cause by any means so I am full of admiration for her for being so passionate about it.

There's no vitriol.

However if camilla is doing a documentary highlighting abuse against women, of course people are going to point out that

Camilla has also abused a woman.

I wonder how many people contact Women’s Aid saying they’ve been emotionally abused and cite being cheated on as the nature of the ‘abuse’, caused by the OW.

I’m not saying it’s victimless, but to use the word abuse here is to downplay the very serious meaning which is intended in this documentary.

I do find the level of vitriol still to be quite bizarre. Charles and Diana were divorced nearly 30 years ago and Charles and Camilla have been married for 20 years!

Says who?

I completely disagree with you.

I have chosen to never sleep with a married man, as I would know the pain it would cause his wife. My actions and her husbands actions would cause that pain.

I have managed to never be with a married man

She's the poster girl for side chicks everywhere. Impossible to like either her or Charlie sadly.

Fully agree with OP.

Presumably you detest Diana equally for the abuse of all the women whose husbands she shagged? No?

Infidelity is not domestic violence, and to compare the two is grossly offensive.

And Diana was no victim. She just knew how to manipulate for the sympathy vote.

Charles didn't physically abuse Diana did he? I have never heard that he did. I don't think Diana accused him of it. If you're referring to his relationship with Camilla, didn't you know that Diana had relationships with other men?

This is ridiculous. The person who damages a marriage by having an affair is the one in the marriage.

I mean having an affair with a married man , is obviously emotional abuse to the wife, Diana.

So let's be clear, Camilla has been abusive to someone.

This is something that actually made me feel more positive about Camilla. I hadn’t realised until last year that she was so involved in this.

I remember reading something ages ago about her grandfather assaulting her pregnant grandmother. Ultimately they divorced.

Yes, absolutely. I’ve been talking to my mum recently and she’s only really now realising how many of her peers (in their 70s) are in abusive or controlling relationships. It’s just not something she was ever taught to see. I hope that Camilla might be able to shine a light where others of her generation will see and get support.

I remember her interview with Emma Barnett on Woman’s Hour a couple of years ago, a lot was on violence against women and girls, and it was an interview that influenced how I think of Camilla (positively), whereas before then I hadn’t taken much notice of her.

@EdithWeston - excellent points, also I agree with you about Sophie. She's had a lot of involvement with this issue, sadly a lot of it has gone under the radar.

I think she's doing good work on this.

She's been working with charities on this for years, irrespective of whether there is press attention, so it's not as if she's plucked it out of thin air.

It's a great shame that there has been so little attention to her charitable work on this. Ditto that done by the Duchess of Edinburgh against VAWG, FGM and rape as a tool of war.

I very much regarded her as the OW initially and didn't have much time for her. But over the years I have definitely changed my mind about her.

I wouldn't have thought so. If it is, wasn't Diana unfaithful as well? I think she cheated on Charles and was involved with married men after Charles.

I’m not a royalist and I am happy to criticise this grasping, greedy lot at any time, but even I’d stop short at suggesting that Camilla mustn’t talk about DV just because she was Charles’ sidepiece.

The two things aren’t linked.

She’s not hosting a documentary. The film is about a year of her life and as a longstanding supporter of abuse charities it’s inevitable that it would include her work with them. The more the issue has a light shone on it the better.