{"id":239844,"date":"2026-05-21T22:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/239844\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:07:50","slug":"queen-camilla-has-a-ruthless-streak-says-one-royals-biographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/239844\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla Has a \u201cRuthless Streak,\u201d Says One Royals Biographer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen Camilla did not attend Eugenie\u2019s wedding and skipped Beatrice\u2019s as well.<\/p>\n

To emphasize Queen Camilla\u2019s resolute character when it comes to severing ties, Wilson recalled an incident from the years before her marriage to Charles, when Camilla allegedly used a hunting whip to ward off some overly intrusive photographers. \u201cShe once famously wielded her hefty hunting whip over the heads of photographers who came too close during her problem days before her marriage to Charles,\u201d he noted. \u201cWith Andrew, Fergie, Beatrice and Eugenie in her sights, looks like she\u2019ll be cracking it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tensions between Camilla and the York family actually seem to have roots in the past. Indeed, the queen did not attend Eugenie\u2019s wedding to Jack Brooksbank at St. George\u2019s Chapel in Windsor in 2018, instead attending an already scheduled engagement at Crathie Primary School, near Balmoral. The choice surprised many royal watchers at the time.<\/p>\n

Camilla also did not show up at Princess Beatrice\u2019s wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The ceremony, held in a reduced form due to COVID-19 restrictions, included just 20 guests. Among them were Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, but not Charles and Camilla. The meeting may now take place next June 6 at the wedding of Peter Phillips to Harriet Sperling at All Saints\u2019 Church in Kemble. It appears that Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice have been invited to the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Queen Camilla is committed to raising awareness about violence against women, and in the days when the Epstein storm was hitting Andrew and his family, she was sending clear messages. Last March, speaking at St. James\u2019s Palace during an event<\/a> organized by the Women of the World movement for International Women\u2019s Day, the queen delivered a powerful speech in support of victims of violence and abuse while wearing a \u201cShame Must Change Sides\u201d pin. \u201cWe stand with you and alongside you, today and every day, in solidarity, sorrow and sympathy,\u201d Camilla said. Some commentators interpreted those words as a not-so-subtle reference to the Epstein scandal. According to the Daily Mail, a Buckingham Palace spokesman, commenting on the speech, merely observed, \u201cI think Her Majesty\u2019s words speak for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Camilla, then the Duchess of Cornwall, with Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice during Trooping the Colour on June 13, 2015.<\/p>\n

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