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dragonfly46 Sat 12-Jan-19 22:17:27

An Australian magazine has published an article saying that Charles and Camilla are about to announce their divorce. Apparently they haven’t been seen together for sometime.
Speculation or not?

Blinko Sun 13-Jan-19 11:30:46

The press and media don’t bother to photograph them or follow them when they make public appearances

If there was any hint of a split, you can bet your bottom dollar the press would be round them like hornets. Remember Diana...

Caro57 Sun 13-Jan-19 11:24:48

Poor things - whether or not it's true can none of the royal family be allowed to keep their private lives private until they choose otherwise

Anniebach Sun 13-Jan-19 11:20:44

I disagree with ‘after Diana produced a heir and a spare she could what she liked as long as she was discreet’

Diana was to be queen consort , a role she wanted but didn’t want to be in the background as Phillip did and now Camilla accept.

knspol Sun 13-Jan-19 11:06:25

When I lived abroad I saw all sorts of incredible headlines re the royals and their affairs and secret love childs etc etc total nonsense but apparently it sold magazines.

ToadsMum Sun 13-Jan-19 10:55:34

Didn’t anyone listen to HRH on Private Passions on Radio 3? Fairly obvious his wedding day to Camilla was one of his happiest. Not condoning events of 30-40 years ago, they should have wed in the 1970s.

ayokunmi1 Sun 13-Jan-19 10:53:22

They are happy together
You can sense as well.as see it

Cheap news to be ignored

Skweek1 Sun 13-Jan-19 10:50:34

No-one knows about the inside of anyone else's personal life - I always suspected that, at the end of the day, Charles' first marriage was a disaster bound to happen for so many reasons, but Diana was always meant to be a royal brood mare and after she'd produced the "heir and spare", she could do whatever she liked - all that was expected was for her to be discreet, something she was completely unable to do. Charles and Camilla are perfectly matched, have genuinely loved one another for so long that they deserve happiness and she is so supportive, seems to make him happy and all the photos I've seen look like they're as much in love as they've ever been. Typical media rubbish! They're about as likely to split as Liz and Phil!

DotMH1901 Sun 13-Jan-19 10:38:16

The US and other non-UK press run loads of these kind of stories constantly - the Queen hates Kate/Meghan/Camilla, Kate hates Meghan/ Kate has had children with Harry/Camilla has done 'something' and the Queen has told Charles to divorce her/Harry is about to divorce Meghan etc etc. Honestly, they really must be short of news some of the stories they publish.

Anniebach Sun 13-Jan-19 10:31:36

The press and media don’t bother to photograph them or follow them when they make public appearances,

Gagagran Sun 13-Jan-19 10:14:22

Charles and Camilla have been in Scotland this past week opening the re-vamped Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar. They seem pretty much together to me!

notanan2 Sun 13-Jan-19 10:13:41

I think they are one of the strongest best matched couples in the public eye so I won't believe it until it happens

Then again I find its the "best" couples (from the outside) that tend to surprise us all by splitting

henetha Sun 13-Jan-19 10:13:14

I think it highly unlikely. I hope they live happily together for many more years yet.

Anniebach Sun 13-Jan-19 10:10:11

We do see the married royals together, we can’t say the same about Carbon and the present Mrs Corbyn

trisher Sun 13-Jan-19 10:06:09

Isn't that the best thing about being Royal? Doesn't really matter who you are married to you don't need to be seen with or even see them that often.

harrigran Sun 13-Jan-19 10:01:16

Duke of Edinburgh hasn't been seen for some time, would they care to comment about the state of the Queen's marriage ?

Jalima1108 Sun 13-Jan-19 09:57:05

stella - apologies if I upset you!

Some of our Australian relatives often toy with the idea! I try not to get them started on the subject smile

I have seen some quite astonishing 'news' about the Royals when I've been in Australia, probably in that type of magazine.
They all seem to love Princess Mary, though.

dragonfly46 Sun 13-Jan-19 09:49:50

Good pleased we are all in agreement! They must be pretty short of real news in Australia is all I can say.

I am not sure a British magazine would print a story as spurious as this.

EllanVannin Sun 13-Jan-19 09:49:41

I don't suppose Australia is any worse than the UK for Monarchy " bashing " because our own media watch their every move like hawks waiting to pounce on an unsuspecting Royal who happens to look " the wrong way ".

Blinko Sun 13-Jan-19 09:45:02

Why is it that adults can't seem to separate fact from garbage? If the story appeared in a trashy mag, then it's likely to be rubbish. Or have I got that wrong?

oldgaijin Sun 13-Jan-19 09:40:13

Absolute Tosh!

stella1949 Sun 13-Jan-19 09:13:46

For a country which often toys with the idea of republicanism, some Australians seem peculiarly obsessed with the monarchy.

I live in Australia so I do speak from experience. Australian's don't "toy with the idea of republicanism" - we had one referendum on the subject - in 1989 ! Thirty years ago, the answer was NO and the subject hasn't been revisited since.

I'm not sure that Australians are obsessed with the Monarchy . The country is part of the British Commonwealth and our Head of State is HM The Queen, just like Britain . I guess we have just as much interest in the Monarchy as anyone else does.

The "trash magazines" print rubbish like the story mentioned in this post - I'm sure that British magazines print similar stories .

BlueBelle Sun 13-Jan-19 05:00:46

And this from a country that caused a woman to commit suicide over a fake Royal story
I think they need to keep their fake news to themselves
What a lovely Christmas card Jalima I hadn’t seen it before

holdingontometeeth Sun 13-Jan-19 02:24:03

Making up stories?
Well I never .......

Bigred18 Sun 13-Jan-19 02:17:59

That came from a mag called New Idea! In Oz we call it No Idea as they just make up stories.

MissAdventure Sat 12-Jan-19 23:47:42

Charles has never looked better, or more relaxed since he has been with 'her' smile