It’s official. Almost 5 months after the death of Elizabeth II, England has a new king. This Saturday, May 6, 2023, the coronation ceremony of Charles III took place. An event broadcast live around the world. On France 2, Stéphane Bern was alongside Julian Bugier to comment on the celebration in great detail. True to form, the 59-year-old host therefore indulged in a few comments against members of the royal family. And Camilla Parker Bowles took it for her rank.
During the long show, the two acolytes took advantage of a moment of hollowness to evoke the meeting between the queen consort and her dear and tender. “It was in 1971, I believe?”, wondered Julian Bugier. A question that Stéphane Bern was happy to answer. “It was in 1970 or 1971, during a polo match, and they hit it off straight away”he said before launching a well-felt spade. “She is a woman who is not served by photography”.
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Aware of his blunder, the star of “Secrets d’Histoire” immediately tried to make up for it: “She has a very mobile face, she is extremely warm, she is funny”, he added without waiting. According to him, Camilla Parker Bowles is “a country girl”. She is indeed part of the English nobility without having a title. A class called the gentry. “That is to say that she does not really belong to the aristocracy, even if her mother was the daughter of a baron, she is more of a landowner. She likes horses, dogs, the countryside, everything. what makes England”.
As a reminder, the wife of Charles III had great difficulty in being accepted by the English people. Public opinion has long considered Lady Di’s rival a “marriage breaker”. Years after joining the Windsor clan, she remains one of the least popular members according to a YouGov poll conducted online in mid-April 2023. Ouch…
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