Queen Camilla was once slated in the press and referred to as the “most hated woman in Britain”.
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But whether it's her notorious ability to laugh at herself or her no-nonsense attitude it seems the UK public have taken the new Queen to their hearts. Royal biographer Robert Hardman talks about Queen Camilla's sparkle in his recent book Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story, and about her transition to her new royal position.
He says Queen Camilla has a matter-of-fact way of dealing with sounding off from Prince Harry, such as in his memoir Spare where he claimed that she'd "sacrificed" him "on her personal PR altar" and on a follow up interview on American TV. Mr Hardman says that friends "were also reminded of an inner toughness that they had rarely seen since the dark days of the 1990s", when Queen Camilla was central to the demise of then Prince Charles and Princess Diana's marriage.
He writes: “Since the Sussexes departure from the United Kingdom, Queen Camilla has found herself cast as the dangerous villain of the piece by Prince Harry.
"With her on the way to being Queen Consort there was going to be people or bodies left in the street," he told the USA's 60 minutes.
“For her part Queen Camilla was content to let it pass. There was to be no selective briefing on the matter, no friends gave the nod to voice sadness or disappointment or set the record straight.
"After nearly two decades as a member of the Royal Family she works on the basis that the public have a pretty good idea of what they are getting."
He added: "Her response to noises off from California would be business as usual with a smile and without a word."