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Camilla 'furious' with Prince Harry over comments made ahead of coronation

Jo Abi
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Camilla, the Queen Consort, is reportedly "furious" with Prince Harry over comments he made about her in his best-selling memoir, Spare.

Harry, 38, wrote that he begged his father, King Charles, not to marry Camilla, a request his father ignored.

"I know from various people who are close to her [that] she is pretty furious with what was said about her," True Royalty TV's Nick Bullen told The Sun.

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''But she is not someone that is going to be phoning Harry or Meghan and shouting down on the phone at them. She just moves on."

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'I know from various people who are close to her [that] she is pretty furious with what was said about her.' Getty

"I don't think she's necessarily going to forgive, and I don't think she's necessarily going to forget," Bullen continued.

"But it is not something that she dwells on, I'm told. She plays a much longer game, and she plays with a much straighter bat.

"She was, I'm told, annoyed by what was said but moved on pretty quickly from what was said."

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Harry and Camilla will cross paths for the first times in months at the coronation. Getty

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Camilla and Harry will cross paths for the first time in months at King Charles' coronation on May 6.

Harry is expected to fly in and out of the UK in 24 hours in order to make it back home in time to celebrate son Archie's fourth birthday.

Harry wrote in his book that Camilla "played a pivotal role in the unravelling of our parents' marriage", which led his mother Princess Diana's role within the royal family to be diminished.

Harry and brother Prince William met with Camilla several times ahead of her marriage to King Charles in 2005, meetings the Duke of Sussex described as "strained."

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Harry wrote in his book that Camilla 'played a pivotal role in the unravelling of our parents' marriage.' Getty

He said while he was willing to support Camilla's inclusion in the royal family, he begged his father not to marry her.

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"We support you, we said. We endorse Camilla. We said. Just please don't marry her. Just be together Pa. He didn't answer."

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She said shortly after this encounter Camilla "began to play the long game, a campaign aimed at marriage and eventually the Crown."

Prince William and Harry met with Camilla several times ahead of her marriage to King Charles Getty

"Stories began to appear everywhere, in all the papers, about her private conversations with Willy, stories that contained pinpoint accurate details, none of which had come from Willy, of course," he continued.

"They could only have been leaked by one other person present. And the leaking had obviously been abetted by the new spin doctor Camilla had talked Pa into hiring."

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Charles and Camilla married on April 9, 2005, eight years after the death of William and Harry's mother Princess Diana.

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Camilla was accused by Harry of planting stories ahead of her marriage to King Charles. WireImage

Harry was also critical of the advice Camilla gave to Meghan when less-than-flattering media stories began to appear.

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"Meg, meanwhile, reached out to Camilla, who tried to counsel her by saying this was just what the press always did to newcomers, that it would all pass in due time, that Camilla had been the bad guy once," he wrote.

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