Queen Camilla’s sister Annabel Elliot has given a rare insight into the Queen’s marriage with King Charles.
In one word, she said Camilla was the King’s “rock” – before adding she was the “yin” to his “yang” in a “brilliant” marriage during a BBC interview for a new documentary. She added that while her sister was supportive, the King had exposed his wife to new “knowledge and interest”.
Richard Jackson, Bishop of Hereford, one of the two bishops who assisted the Queen during the coronation, also spoke to the BBC about the couple.
He said: “I think what struck me particularly is how extraordinarily affectionate they are. They’re clearly a very close family of all the generations and in a sense you felt you were part of a family occasion as well as royal occasion and a national occasion.”
Ms Elliot, the Queen’s younger sister added that despite their strong relationship, the pair were complete opposites.
She said: “She is his rock, and I can’t actually emphasise that enough. She is somebody who is completely loyal, and she isn’t somebody who has huge highs and lows.
“He brings her to everything, I’m not talking about all of this but you know he has such a knowledge and interest in so many different things which she wouldn’t really have been open to, if she hadn’t met him. They are their yin and yang really, they really are polar opposites, but it works brilliantly.”
Charles III: The Coronation Year shows rehearsals for the King’s coronation and the moment when the Prince and Princess of Wales arrive at Westminster Abbey with their children, greeting the monarch like any other family.
Charles, in a rare public display of affection, is seen hugging his grandchildren in turn – first Princess Charlotte, then Prince George and finally Prince Louis stretches out his arms for an embrace.
In the documentary Fiona, the Marchioness of Lansdowne, also gives her opinion on the couple. She told the BBC: “Whether they’ve sort of had to fight to get there, or whether it’s just because they’ve been through a lot together, it’s made them have a really strong bond.”
