THERE are two versions of what was said when Camilla was introduced to Charles at a polo match in Windsor in 1970.
One is that she said to him, “Oh, you know your great-great-grandfather and my great-grandmother were lovers. How about it?”
The other is that Lucia Santa Cruz, Camilla’s friend and Charles’ former lover who introduced the pair, told them, “Now you two be very careful because you’ve got genetic antecedents – careful, careful.”
Those ancestors were Alice Keppel and King Edward VII, who had a steamy affair that produced an illegitimate child.
But it really doesn’t matter who said what to whom – what matters is that this meeting triggered the spark for one of the most fascinating and controversial love stories in the history of the royal family.
Charles can be grateful he’s a product of the modern world. If this had been 100 years ago, he wouldn’t have been able to get divorced and remain in line to become king. He would never have been allowed to marry Camilla, a divorcée.
If history hadn’t taken the course it did, Diana might well still be alive and their miserable marriage could still be plodding relentlessly on. Instead, the world has seen deep unhappiness, terrible tragedy – and a king finally at peace with his queen.
Camilla is everything Diana wasn’t: uncomplicated, down to earth, independent, go-with-the-flow.
“Camilla never complains, she never explains,” a source told Vanity
