On September 9, local time, Charles III, who had just become the new king of the United Kingdom, appeared in the square of Buckingham Palace, and together with the new British queen Camilla, waved to the crowd of onlookers.
Charles's mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on the 8th at the age of 96. Although this was a deeply sad thing for Charles, it also made him "survive" and finally became king at the age of 73.
And camilla, now 74 years old, has become queen without suspense. Although there had been much controversy over whether Camilla could become Queen of England, a statement from the Queen earlier this year put all the discussion to rest, and she clearly expressed her support for her eldest daughter-in-law to become queen, and believed that Camilla would certainly live up to her mission.
Charles and Camilla flew back to London from Balmoral, Scotland, earlier on the 9th, and they had a lot to do for the next 9 days.
It is reported that although Charles automatically became king after the death of his mother, it has not been officially announced. According to the news released by the British newspaper, at 10 a.m. local time on the 10th, the audience of the whole United Kingdom will broadcast it through television to see Charles officially declared the monarch, which is also the first live broadcast in history.
On the other hand, Charles and Camilla, who have returned to London, have walked into Buckingham Palace hand in hand, and in their ancient years, the two finally became the owners of the world-famous palace, although this is also a sad and happy thing.
While admiring the bouquet of flowers presented to the Queen by the people, Charles tightly wrapped his arms around Camilla's waist, which had long since ceased to be slender, and the feeling of care was really overflowing. As he mentioned in his first televised address as king, in his own most difficult moments, there was Camilla's loving help.
Charles didn't seem to be pretending in front of the camera, he put his arms around Camilla for a long time, obviously out of his true feelings.
Although Camilla has long been considered a disgraceful "little third child", compared to Diana, she and Charles have more emotional foundations, and it is not easy for her to finally get recognition from top to bottom after so many years.
According to columnists Jeffrey Levy and Richard Kay, the gap between Charles and the Queen's mother over the years was largely because of Camilla.
Although after losing his mother, Charles held back tears and said, "Dear mother (using the word Mama), thank you", many years ago, he described his mother as "cold and distant", and this assessment also broke his mother's heart, "The queen, like any other mother, worries about her children, but her education style is not so advanced".
The Queen's dissatisfaction with her son was more after Charles admitted to having an affair with Camilla. The queen, who has seen too many "ugly things" and does not mind that her son has a relationship with someone other than his wife, "this news will not surprise the queen at all", the insider said, but what she and her husband Prince Philip have difficulty accepting is that "a man with a beautiful young wife would actually go to an older woman for comfort and still don't care about the matter being made public".
And just a year after Princess Diana's death, Charles wanted to marry Camilla, he offered his idea to his mother, and the Queen's response shocked and infuriated him, telling her son that she didn't want to talk about "that evil woman" or have any connection with her.
"He was destroyed, and he couldn't understand why his mother was so harsh on the woman he loved," the insider said, but fortunately, someone later gave Charles an idea to cool down first.
On the other hand, the queen gradually understood the "value of pragmatism", although she was reluctant to marry camilla, but at the same time she also knew that with her beloved by her side, Charles would settle down and become a better monarch in the future.
Later, her husband Prince Philip "retired", the Queen had to rely more on her eldest son Charles, and her physical strength and energy were gradually declining, so many things needed to be decided by the son of the Crown Prince, although she did not agree to everything, such as streamlining the royal family, and the Queen feared that her beloved daughter Princess Anne and her youngest son Prince Edward would be marginalized (Andrew himself was out of the game).
In contact with Camilla, the Queen also realizes that Camilla has been working quietly and diligently, and has not tried to cover Charles's sharp edge, which Diana did not have in her lifetime (too dazzling). At the same time, she also felt that her son was really happy and satisfied, so she also accepted Camilla, and the mother-son relationship with Charles was eased, "she finally believed that he could become a good king."