New Book Reveals Why Camilla 'Lobbied' for ‘Highborn Beauties’ for William Over Kate
According to royal author Christopher Anderson, Queen Camilla's alleged belief was rooted in royal tradition and social expectations.
Although Queen Camilla and Kate Middleton now appear friendly at public events, royal author Christopher Anderson claims that wasn't always the case, particularly when Kate first began dating Prince William. According to him, the Queen was skeptical about her working-class background, viewing it as incompatible with royal tradition and social expectations. Moreover, she also allegedly thought of Kate's mother, Carole Middleton, as a 'gauche opportunist,' willing to go to any lengths to see her daughter marry the future king.
Speaking to Fox News Digital, Anderson revealed that Camilla was initially one of Kate's 'fiercest critics.' He said, "Camilla always saw herself as the mistress of a king, not a queen…So, she was very cognizant of the fact that a future king of England should have, she believed, a marriage to a royal personage, or at least a British aristocrat." Noting that the Queen's alleged skepticism stemmed from tradition and social etiquette, he added, "She [Camilla] did not think she [Kate] was up to snuff, as it were. She was below the salt. She had no aristocratic blood."
To add insult to injury, in his new book, Kate!: The Courage, Grace, and Power of the Woman Who Will Be Queen, the royal author alleged that Camilla 'did object' to Kate's 'working class roots' for a reason, as she came from aristocratic blood. Camilla is the granddaughter of a baron and a descendant of the Stuart bloodline, which ruled England from 1603 to 1714. Her great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, was also King Edward VII's mistress, "an intimate connection to the royal family that Camilla had always taken immense pride in." He penned, "Camilla had long lobbied on behalf of the highborn beauties with hyphenated names who swarmed around the heir."
Unsurprisingly, Kate was not the only 'working-class' person that Camilla took issue with. Anderson spilled that she was also reportedly wary of her mother, Carole, seeing her as a 'gauche opportunist' in exploiting the royal family's social connections. He argued, "Camilla, who felt she knew a schemer when she saw one, feared her [Kate's] mother." One former mistress of King Charles allegedly told Andersen that for Camilla, "it's really all about [keeping] your friends close and your enemies closer. It's her way of keeping her eye on you."
However, the royal author noted that the Queen reportedly had a change of heart about Kate after seeing the King suffer from cancer, and his daughter-in-law, who was also diagnosed a few months later, acted as his biggest strength. He stressed, "Charles and Kate were always fond of each other, but in the wake of being told that they had cancer, they really bucked each other's spirits. And Camilla recognizes that and has said that Kate is really the one who can make Charles laugh, and she appreciates that." Still, he claims, the rivalry between the royal family's two senior-most women was far from over.
