William and Harry don't want their kids calling Camilla their grandmother!

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I read that both Harry and William have made that very clear, that is not their grandmother, step or otherwise. She is only their father's wife.

Would she even care? Doesn't she have plenty of her own grandchildren?

They may not like her. But this thread is full of examples of people who do like their step parents, but still don't have their children call them grandma/grandad.
My MIL gets on very well with her step parents, but DH only ever calls them by their first names.

Equally, if they did call her grandma (because Charles wanted them to, or because the children just did it, or for some other reason) I don't think it would prove that they did like her. I don't think it makes a difference either way.

Or maybe it simply shows that Camilla isn’t their mother, or the children’s grandmother. They had a mother; she’s dead. Not wanting to replace her doesn’t imply hatred of Camilla.

No it doesn't. It shows what was behind your motive for posting.

Almost every single poster has saidvits normal & aren't buying into your anti- Camilla narrative.

It's quite clear from the interactions between Camilla & William & his family that they get on well.

You'll need to try harder

It's also possible that the 'source' who claims that William and Harry don't want Camilla to be called Grandma is out of date with their information. It's very possible at the time Charles married Camilla that feelings were running high and while they wanted their father to be happy, they still didn't want their mother to be replaced.

Now William has been a father for ten years - it's clear that Camilla has a good and familial relationship with his children by the way they naturally interact with her in public so she's clearly a 'grandparent' figure in their lives no matter what they call her.

I think when someone is lovely to your children it's easier to forgive past hurts - it's a shame Harry isn't going to get that experience.

It shows nothing of the sort. My grandma's second husband was never called grandad but he absolutely was my grandad and I adored him as did my parents.

My mother and father had 10 grandchildren. None of them ever called her grandma / granny / nana or him grandpa unless they were talking about them to someone else. They had a nickname for both of them that they still use even though theyre dead.

My grandchildren don't call my husband grandad although they've known him all their lives and have a good relationship. They call him by his first name, his choice.

This is such a personal choice, each family is different. My DC call MIL's husband by his name but they don't see him often or have a close relationship.

Why would they call her grandma? She's not.

Camilla is not their grandmother. Why should anyone pretend she is?

Too much time on your hands OP 🤣

My mother doesn't refer to her step-dad as "dad". He's not her dad.

I do refer to him as my granddad though, because he was married to my grandmother before I was born. It doesn't matter what my mum thinks!

All this "by definition they aren't" is rude to people who actually do have step families that they view as their real family. He's my grandfather, blood or not. What other families do is up to them. My mum would get short thrift telling me he's not my grandfather.

@MouldWatch Lots of families give loved ones honorary titled. Whether that is dad, mum, grandparents, aunt, uncle. That is absolutely fine. As long as both sides are happy with that it is fine. But there should be no obligation on people to give someone an honorary title.
So my dad is not my biological dad. But I call him dad. I am fine with my friend who does not want to call her mums partner dad. She says he is not my dad, and she is right.

They might not like Camilla or they might like her. We do not know.

I suppose it depends on the relationship,my Grandma.was widowed in her 30,\my mum was 8,her older brother was 12_and younger brother was 2 ,she married. Again, when she was 60 ,a few months before I was born and she became Grandma to his grandchildren as well as her own and he was Grandad to both lots of Grandchildren (he was widowed too)he was a lovely man and in my eyes very much my Grandad

It doesn’t show anything of the sort? Have you no stepchildren in your family? It’s totally normal in my experience for step grandchildren to call the step grandmother by her own name, that’s what happened w my own sister’s step children and they have a warm relationship with my mother. The step great grandchildren do now vary between calling her granny x and just x. It’s totally normal

I am not going to deny it. I dislike Camilla always have.

Really?? What a shock 😂

Hahaha 😁 😆

This is perfectly normally. I wouldn't want my children calling anyone else their grand parent who wasn't. "Step people" don't have the right to such titles just because they married someone.

‘Sick’ Don’t be bloody ridiculous 🙄

Well I think it’s sad. My Dad talks fondly of his Grandmother, has passed on her recipes to me. It wasn’t until I became a step mother that I twigged the lady my Dad spoke about was his step Grandmother.

My Grandmother didn’t like her - but she had a lovely warm relationship with her Grandchildren and my Dad said she was just Grandma to them.

I agree with them. How on earth is she their grandmother. She is their father's ex mistress now promoted to wife and Queen. A fact they would like us all to forget.

No, it doesn’t. I love my step-MIL dearly but she’s not my children’s grandmother. It’s about boundaries, not the amount of love.