Behind scenes of rocky journey

• Published date: 25 January 2023
• Publication title: Kapiti News

By Angela Levin, Simon & Schuster, $45

Camilla Shand was a society girl who, as a teenager and a twenty-something, liked to party. Three bashes in one night were par for her social whirl. She once lost a job because she turned up late — and undoubtedly hungover.

She was also horsey, expertly riding to hounds and hanging out with the polo set.

That’s how she met the then heir to the throne, Prince Charles.

Now he’s King Charles 111 and the former Camilla Shand, who he married in 2005, is his Queen Consort.

Her Majesty hadn’t always thought well of her. Their adulterous liaison when he was still married to Diana, Princess of Wales, didn’t sit well with her as head of the Church of England.

However, Camilla’s dedication to the duties she married...