Camilla And Charles: The Love Story

by Caroline Graham

Spanning decades, the story of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles is one of the most controversial love stories of our time. In this international bestseller, Royal expert Caroline Graham offers a revealing account of Camilla and Charles’ relationship—their decision to marry, the big day itself, and what has happened since the wedding. Graham, who has spoken to sources close to the couple, also looks at how the two were kept apart by the Royal Family, and how the Prince’s love for Camilla throughout his marriage to Diana led to Camilla’s vilification when their union ended. Caroline Graham is a highly regarded royal commentator.

Genres: Biography, Royalty

352 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2005

About the author

Caroline Graham is one of Britain's most successful writers and journalists. She is a highly respected royal commentator who was the youngest ever Woman's Editor at the Sun, where she earned her reputation as a formidable investigative reporter and established unrivalled royal contacts. She is now the U.S. Correspondent for the Mail on Sunday.

Reviews

[Alice · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish I could give this one 2.5 stars. Writing was solid but just not a whole lot of new information. Also, the author bends over backwards to try and create sympathy for this couple and make Diana out to be a villian; this didn't work for me. Not that Diana didn't have her faults but, faced with the situation she found herself in with "Fred and Gladys", I can't say I'd have acted much differently than Diana did.

[Shweta]

Fast paced. but even though the author tries her level best to get us to sympathise with Camilla and Charles,she loses. My sympathies are with Princess Diana.

[Elaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

PRINCE CHARLES & CAMILLA: A Royal Tale of Love, Lies, Tragedy & Triumph is basically a amalgamation of every magazine & kind tabloid story ever written about The Prince of Wales & the former Camilla Parker Bowles.

Jessica Jayne portrays the couple as tragic lovers who were kept apart by unfortunate circumstances until after years of heartbreak, they found a way to be together.

Your hopes will be dashed if you are looking to find any new, unpublished tidbits about the couple. I am embarrassed that I wasted time reading this book and it's definitely not worth the purchase price.

[Carolyn Harris · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book about the relationship between the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall until their marriage in 2005. The book is now quite dated in some of its assessments of people and events and there is little material included about the years between the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and the marriage of Charles and Camilla. The book is written as a series of anecdotes provided by friends, journalists and anonymous sources and the author does not always examine these anecdotes critically and the veracity of some of the stories has been challenged in later royal books. The book gives a sense of how Charles and Camilla were perceived by the publicin the 90s and early 2000s but has been superseded by later books.

[Susie]

This is very interesting, there are some facts about diana that surprised me.
I found once I started I couldnt put it down.

[Erika Nerdypants]

Yup, not gonna get through this one.

[Kate · Rating 1 out of 5]

If this is true it is one of the worst books I have ever read.
Mistress suggests to boyfriend she marries shy virgin so they can continue their affair. Wimpy boyfriend agrees. Virgin becomes wife blamed for everything that is wrong with the marriage and is accused of being a loony for telling husband to stop seeing mistress. Husband believes he is special but one of the people until he comes to marry the mistress where the family don't want the wedding venue to be available to the plebs. Big story about what man and mistress have given up to finally be together- really? And classy? If she represents class I am glad I am not classy. And Duty? What is that exactly. I found the book very strange with lots of people wanting to make themselves look good and no one blaming the one person who should have been blamed for the whole mess Charles. Selfish, self centred and no backbone. How either woman loved him is way beyond me.

[Rowen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I usually try to rate books about Charles and Camilla at least 3 stars, because as a huge fan I appreciate books that portray their story positively, but I just can't with this one.
If everything written here was true, I'd think Charles, Diana, and Camilla were all genuinely awful people. Fortunately, though, more than half of this book is unsourced gossip.
Anybody who wants to read this must be warned: the author exclusively uses the word "bonking" to refer to having sex (and she talks about it a LOT.) Plus, she did this thing where she would turn everything into a quote instead of just stating it as a fact. So much fake dialogue.
"'Charles is still bonking Camilla,' Diana cried furiously when her sister tried to reassure her before the wedding." Just say she knew about their affair!!! SMH!
I'm giving it two stars because it was so absurd that it made me laugh.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Crown: Season 5 premiers on November 9, so when I saw this at a used book store, it seemed a good way to “check the facts” before viewing the fictional dramatized version. It wasn’t well written (or well edited), but at least I have a better grasp on the scope of Camilla and Charles’ longstanding relationship. I’m no less disgusted by the way marriage vows are disregarded throughout the famous leading couples of the royal family. But having started the book, I felt compelled to finish it.

[Alessandra - Una panchina su Pemberley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Da quanto Elisabetta II è morta, ho guardato con curiosità la figura di Carlo che per me è sempre passata in secondo piano. Ho deciso di conoscere meglio questo Re e di capire (per come mi è possibile) il suo legame con Camilla. 

Ne è uscita una lettura interessante e per niente noiosa, forse un po' di parte ma nemmeno eccessivamente. Chi sono Carlo e Camilla? Chi sono i nuovi sovrani di un regno più moderno e cosmopolita che mai?

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[Dianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like her. I didn't want to but I like her.