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What did Prince Harry mean when she said that Camilla was 'dangerous'?

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Charlize43 · 09/01/2023 08:40

I didn't really understand the explanation he gave in the Anderson Cooper interview, something about her wanting to 'rehabilitate her image'... Why would that be dangerous?

Is it just irrational dislike of his stepmother?

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Kitcaterpillar · 09/01/2023 13:44

I don't really care about any of them, but it does seem a bit unfair for there to be any expectation for Harry or William to like Camilla. I can't say of my friends whose parents have had messy divorces any of them like the Other Woman very much.

Impressive rehabilitation of Camilla's image, really.

BradfordGirl · 09/01/2023 13:47

I agree. It is pretty normal for adult children not to like the other woman.

Museya15 · 09/01/2023 13:48

I've just watched on Instagram interview with Diana, she is distracted by Harry and William, she tells Harry off in it a lot but she gets asked why she does charity work, she replies "because I've got nothing better to do!" Then goes into a fit of laughing. Blimey, I'm shocked, I thought she did it out of the goodness of her heart.

Flowersinthebasement · 09/01/2023 13:48

Who could take any of the RF seriously anymore.

Only good for cutting ribbons, wearing nice frocks and tiaras. Oh and having family issues because they are all a bit mad. More money than sense.

Off with their heads!

Windbeneathmybingowings · 09/01/2023 13:51

I always think of camilla as a kind of poison in the ear type person. Remember the tampon tapes. She was asking KC how a speech went and very gently offering subtle advice. I think she very slightly plants an idea in peoples heads which leads to confirmation bias. That is dangerous really as unless you spot someone doing it they come across as very innocent but it’s the height of quiet manipulation.

maybe the day she met clarkson and Piers they some offhand discussion about Meghan which led to the awful article, who knows. Seems more than coincidence her best mate Clarkson writes a damning article about her days after the Netflix show.

The tabloids are basically her burn book, and all conveniently written by someone else to take the fall.

SpookyBlackCat · 09/01/2023 13:53

Kitcaterpillar · 09/01/2023 13:44

I don't really care about any of them, but it does seem a bit unfair for there to be any expectation for Harry or William to like Camilla. I can't say of my friends whose parents have had messy divorces any of them like the Other Woman very much.

Impressive rehabilitation of Camilla's image, really.

But, isn't this just another example of his hypocrisy? He was upset because William expressed concerns about his relationship with Meghan, whereas he admits that he asked his father not to marry Camilla? He doesn't seem to grasp the similarities. How is one ok, but the other isn't?

Scarfweather · 09/01/2023 14:12

So perhaps the Lady Macbeth image of Camilla seen in The Royals is true? 😁

Seriously, Camilla looks like the least dangerous and ambitious person I’ve ever seen. I’m sure she’d happily chuck in the Queen Camilla title and retire to a cottage in the country with Charles, the dogs and a large G&T.
If anyone is at fault, it was the outdated protocol that forbade a royal from marrying someone who ‘wasn’t a virgin’ or ‘suitable’, despite being in love. The Queen had form for this by not allowing Margaret to marry the man she loved.
Love will out.

Kitcaterpillar · 09/01/2023 14:15

Well, the difference is Meghan wasn't shagging his dad while he was still married to his mum, I guess?

Velvetween · 09/01/2023 14:19

JanusTheFirst · 09/01/2023 09:01

He conveniently forgets his mother was the first to be unfaithful. Silly, silly boy.

Not true

Shelefttheweb · 09/01/2023 14:21

Scarfweather · 09/01/2023 14:12

So perhaps the Lady Macbeth image of Camilla seen in The Royals is true? 😁

Seriously, Camilla looks like the least dangerous and ambitious person I’ve ever seen. I’m sure she’d happily chuck in the Queen Camilla title and retire to a cottage in the country with Charles, the dogs and a large G&T.
If anyone is at fault, it was the outdated protocol that forbade a royal from marrying someone who ‘wasn’t a virgin’ or ‘suitable’, despite being in love. The Queen had form for this by not allowing Margaret to marry the man she loved.
Love will out.

Camilla was Catholic. The heir to the throne can’t marry a Catholic as that means the next in line is Catholic and we are ruled by the Pope.

BradfordGirl · 09/01/2023 14:41

@SpookyBlackCat I think the relationship between brothers is very different that the relationship between parent and child.

Lampzade · 09/01/2023 14:46

SpookyBlackCat · 09/01/2023 13:53

But, isn't this just another example of his hypocrisy? He was upset because William expressed concerns about his relationship with Meghan, whereas he admits that he asked his father not to marry Camilla? He doesn't seem to grasp the similarities. How is one ok, but the other isn't?

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The two situations are not comparable
Camilla and Charles ‘ broke his mother’s heart and contributed to the break up of his parent’s marriage .
. Don’t forget that at one time the public were totally against Camilla and Charles getting married because of their affair . Therefore, it is not a surprise that both William and Harry were against the marriage

SpookyBlackCat · 09/01/2023 14:56

The two situations are not comparable
Camilla and Charles ‘ broke his mother’s heart and contributed to the break up of his parent’s marriage .
. Don’t forget that at one time the public were totally against Camilla and Charles getting married because of their affair . Therefore, it is not a surprise that both William and Harry were against the marriage

I'm not saying that Harry isn't entitled to an opinion about his father re-marrying, but my point was more that Harry has refused to take on board any advice about his relationship with Meghan. He knew that previous girlfriends of his had been utterly hounded by the press and yet Meghan seemed unaware of so much she was taking on when she married Harry. He absolutely knew how it was going to be for her and he didn't prepare her at all. He has shown that he is utterly unwilling to listen to the opinions of family and friends when it comes to his relationship. He wanted Meghan and that was all that mattered and now he refuses to take any responsibility for anything that happened.

DerangedViper · 09/01/2023 15:02

It really makes no sense at all for either Camilla or Charles to brief against the DC whilst trying to create the conditions for public acceptance of their marriage (which of course was 11 years before he ever met Meghan)

Harry's image was good then - he was consistently in the public's 'most popular' royals, and despite what we now know he rarely had any bad press at all. He's not given examples, and I just can't think of any.

The staff member who inadvertently leaked the William/Camilla meeting (by mentioning it to her husband) resigned when she realised he must have passed it on, with an unreserved apology for the harm she had caused by setting off the chain of events.

EdithWeston · 09/01/2023 15:06

piedbeauty · 09/01/2023 09:07

Absolute bollocks, @JanusTheFirst . Charles and Camilla never stopped their affair.

They did, as far as anyone can tell, for the period when Camilla was very much occupied with her own young family - remember also that Charles had a second established mistress at that time.

The unswerving love story is a later invention - first from Diana (in the interview, but the Mishcon note shows she only half believed it) and then adopted by C&C as it was useful to them as well

lightand · 09/01/2023 15:10

Crazycrazylady · 09/01/2023 12:47

Honestly I can totally see why Harry wants to paint Camilla as the villain , she was the source behind a lot of hi mothers pain and the catalyst for the marriage breakdown.
Honestly though I don't think Camilla cares too much about her public image. She seems happy to take a very supporting role to Charlies on all his engagements and generally appears to stay out of the limelight.
I get the impression her idea of heaven is just being at home in her own garden with Charlie's rather than cutting ribbons on community centres but she adores Charles so she puts up with it.

Sounds like Camilla cares about her image a great deal. As does King Charles.

DerangedViper · 09/01/2023 15:12

Shelefttheweb · 09/01/2023 11:57

I thought it was telling however that Camilla had lunch with both Pierce Morgan and Clarkson

The lunch took place before the article

Also, the reporting of the lunch before the horrible Clarkson article described it "star studded" and was highlighting Judi Dench. This wasn't a chat-with-your-mates type lunch, it was a big charity do. And yes they were both there, but nothing to suggest they were together at it (or it would have been Jeremy not Judi in the earlier coverage)

rumship · 09/01/2023 15:12

I think he was scared Camilla would pull off his new necklace or plant dog bowls in his bed.

You would have to be insane to understand the ramblings of Harry and Meghan nowadays they can't even agree between themselves or get their story's straight one interview to the next.

ladygindiva · 09/01/2023 15:14

JanusTheFirst · 09/01/2023 09:01

He conveniently forgets his mother was the first to be unfaithful. Silly, silly boy.

Utter bull.

JanusTheFirst · 09/01/2023 15:14

You would have to be insane to understand the ramblings of Harry and Meghan nowadays they can't even agree between themselves or get their story's straight one interview to the next.

But still the vain attempts appear. People don't want to admit they were wrong.

DerangedViper · 09/01/2023 15:15

Camilla was Catholic. The heir to the throne can’t marry a Catholic as that means the next in line is Catholic and we are ruled by the Pope

Not her, she's Anglican (starting with her christening as a baby). It was Andrew P-B who was Catholic, which may have been a factor in why his relationship with Princess Anne came to naught

piedbeauty · 09/01/2023 15:18

@EdithWeston - a second mistress? Who was that?

notanotheroneagain · 09/01/2023 15:24

The question is how on earth does Jeremy Clarkson go to lunch with Camilla and writes a scathing article on MM and refers to Harry as 'Harold'. A name that was not usually used in the media and most of us didn't even know?

We can start there

What did Prince Harry mean when she said that Camilla was 'dangerous'?
FictionalCharacter · 09/01/2023 15:32

BlueKaftan · 09/01/2023 08:44

Dangerous in the sense that she jumped in bed with journalists who wrote nice stories about her in exchange for salacious gossip about Harry and others. It was a quid pro quo.

And now he’s written a whole book full of salacious gossip, so does that make him dangerous by his own standards?

Lampzade · 09/01/2023 15:36

Anyone who thinks that Camilla doesn’t care about her image is naive.
The whole lot of them care about their image.