On many occasions, he was the only outside photographer invited to accompany the family on special events and occasions.Ĭamilla is seen in a mask while visiting Wightman Road Mosque in North London on April 07, 2021. Over his long career, Edwards, who's now 82, has enjoyed a unique and privileged relationship with members of the Royal household, including the late Queen. While opinion polls suggest Camilla still trails other Royals in popularity - including the late Queen's youngest son, Edward, and his wife, Sophie - her ratings have steadily improved over the years. 'She will be out there waving to the people and they will be screaming joyfully back that she has made it.'

'She was the wicked witch, but now she's the fairy godmother,' said Arthur Edwards, who has photographed members of the Royal Family for Britain's The Sun newspaper for the past 45 years. The mistress label - and the derision that came with it - would stick for many years, including after Queen Elizabeth II gave Charles and Camilla's relationship her blessing and the couple married in 2005.īut those who have followed her evolution from a subject of ridicule to adulation say they believe with Saturday's coronation ceremony, the 75-year-old Camilla's identity transformation will be complete - and entirely earned. Two years before her death in 1997, the late Princess Diana famously referred to Camilla as the 'third person' in her marriage with then-Prince Charles. When the former Camilla Parker Bowles is regally invested and crowned Queen alongside her husband, King Charles III, this weekend, it will be the culmination of a remarkable transformation.

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