QUEEN CONSORT CAMILLA DETERMINED TO MAKE DAUGHTER IN-LAW, KATE MIDDLETON'S LIFE A NIGHTMARE, A PALACE INSIDER HAS CLAIMED

 QUEEN CONSORT CAMILLA  DETERMINED TO MAKE DAUGHTER IN-LAW, KATE MIDDLETON'S LIFE  A NIGHTMARE, A PALACE INSIDER HAS CLAIMED

Queen Consort Camilla and Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton

The insider told Radar about Camilla and the Princess of Wales rift as things took an even harsher turn after King Charles ascended to the throne in September following the death of Queen Elizabeth.

The palace insider disclosed to the publication, per Ok Magazine, "Camilla can't stop gloating and is determined to make Kate's life a nightmare."

The source further claims the Queen Consort even asks Prince William’s sweetheart to curtsy for her to show she is superior.

Also, as Kate and William are taking an "active role" in King Charles coronation in May, Queen

Consort Camilla is fuming at the idea.

The insider said, "Camilla fears Kate will steal her thunder."

ALL ROYAL WOMEN MUST NOW CURTSY TO CAMILLA  WITH KING CHARLES ON THE THRONE 

    Queen Consort, Camilla

Royal Family members have always had to curtsy to one another, but there are different rules depending on one's rank. Now, with a new King on the throne, the tradition has altered slightly, and some royals don't have to curtsy in the same way as they did before, while others do.

When Kate Middleton entered the Royal Family in 2011, due to her position in the pecking order, she had to drop to one knee before Princess Anne and Camilla, the then Duchess of Cornwall. However, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie had to curtsy to Kate. Now, since the then Duchess of Cambridge has become the Princess of Wales, the pecking order, and thus the curtsying rules, has changed again.

As for Meghan Markle, when she joined the Royal Family in 2018, she had to bob to almost everyone, unless Harry was with her, in which case she would also jump ahead of Beatrice, and Eugenie, like Kate.

Although old fashioned, royal women are expected to bow and curtsy to one another, based on a document the late Queen produced back in 2005.

Called the Precedence of the Royal Family to be Observed Court, it listed the royal women and their seniority to one another.

Even though Camilla was not born into royalty, members of the Royal Family had to curtsy to her when she married the then Prince Charles, heir to the throne, in 2005.

However, going against tradition, the Queen changed this due to the circumstances of Camilla and Charles' marriage.

Women born into royalty, such as Anne, Beatrice, and Eugenie, were moved forwards ahead of Camilla, whereas those like the then Duchess of Cornwall, like Sophie, Countess of Wessex, stayed where they were.

In 2012, a year after Kate joined the family, the order was altered again to fit her in.

The then Duchess of Cambridge was expected to curtsy to Anne, Beatrice, and Eugenie, but not if she was with Prince William.

But, even when Kate was with William, she still had to curtsy to Anne. The Princess Royal's rank did not change.

The same applied to Meghan Markle - the Duchess of Sussex had to curtsy to everyone when alone, but didn't have to bow before Beatrice and Eugenie if she was with Prince Harry.

According to a source, the royal women not only curtsy to one another in public, but from the comfort of their own homes too.

They told the Telegraph: "What they do when there are no outsiders present I can’t tell, but I suspect they do [curtsy]. They all did with the Queen."

The biggest change, though, to curtsying tradition since Charles became King, is that Camilla has leaped over Princess Anne, and all royal women must now curtsy to her.

However, some royal experts, as well as fans, claim that royal women have always only curtsied to the monarch - and not to any other female member of the Royal Family.

So, that means Eugenie and Beatrice, for example, would only bow to King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla, and not Princess Anne or Kate, even though they are essentially below them in the pecking order. One's rank in the Royal Family, therefore, has nothing to do with how they greet one another, according to some.

Royal expert Joe Little, from Majesty Magazine, previously wrote on Twitter: "Royal Highnesses bow and curtsey only to Majesties. Why is that so hard to understand? Nothing to do with the order of precedence."

A royal fan added: "Joe is right, someone who is HRH, whether by birth or marriage, is equal. HRHs do not

curtsy to each other."

Interestingly, when the Royal Family visit Sandringham for Christmas, which they are likely to do again this year, they are expected to arrive in ascending order of rank, according to tradition.

The late Queen Elizabeth II would have already made their way to the Norfolk estate weeks earlier, but, after that, it was the least important first.

Princess Anne's children, Zara and Peter Phillips would arrived, followed by everyone else, and Charles and his wife last. But will this tradition be continued by Charles?

According to a royal source, the new monarch might be too busy to think of altering such things.

Speaking to the Telegraph, they said: "It would be mistaken to think there has been any edict.

"There's a massive in-tray of stuff, and all sorts of titles and patronages to deal with. Plus, the small matter of a coronation to plan."

CAMILLA 'BEHIND' KATE AND PRINCE HARRY'S SPLIT AFTER DEEMING HER 'NOT WORTHY'— CLAIMS

The Queen Consort allegedly pushed her husband into intervening in his son's relationship with Kate Middleton during their dating years.

In 2007, six years into their relationship, Kate, Princess of Wales and Prince William’s relatively lowkey romance was thrust into the spotlight following their high-profile split. It came while the Prince was stationed with the Household Cavalry in Dorset and Kate was living in London, meaning that the young couple often spent time apart. Both William and Kate have acknowledged their split publicly, with William insisting they were “trying to find their own way,” at the time, and that "it was just a bit of space. It worked out for the better.”

However, years later, a royal expert claimed there was another reason behind the split. Christopher Anderson, author of ‘William and Kate: A Royal Love Story’, told The Daily Beast that William’s stepmother may have been a driving factor in the breakup. 

In 2016, he said: “I was in London when the breakup [of William and Kate] occurred. I was shocked, completely stunned, everyone thought it was only a matter of time before William was going to ask Kate to marry him. And then people started telling me that Camilla was behind it.”

To help understand why the former Duchess of Cornwall would want to break up William and Kate, Mr Anderson claimed that you have to know that “Camilla is a bit of a snob”.  

He continued: “She’s an aristocrat, she has always been moving in Royal circles. She had always thought of herself as the heiress to Alice Keppel, her great-grandmother, who was the mistress of Edward VII. 

Kate and William split in the spring of 2007 (Image: Getty Images)

Camilla allegedly 'whispered in Charles ear,' pushing him to speak to William about the relationship (Image: Getty Images)

Despite Mr Anderson's assertions, many have noted that Kate is from the upper-middle- classes rather than the working classes, with historian Robert Lacey describing the Middleton family as having aristocratic ancetry. Baroness Airedale is a distant ancestor of Michael Middleton — Kate's father — and Kate and William are inf act distantly related, 14th cousins once removed.

Later on, William “sat down with his father and grandmother” for a frank conversation about his future with Kate, according to royal expert and biographer Katie Nicholl. Writing in Vanity Fair, she said the Prince had been due to spend New Year's Eve with the Middletons, but pulled out at the last minute. During his conversation with Charles and Queen Elizabeth II, “both advised him not to hurry into anything”. 

While Mr Anderson claimed Camilla was the “instigator,” other commentators and experts have offered different explanations for the couple’s split.  

According to Ms Nicholl, William started to feel “claustrophobic” as he approached graduation. Apparently, the Prince booked a holiday with his friend Guy Pelly and went away on the “boys-only sailing trip to Greece”. In her 2010 book, ‘William and Harry: Behind the Palace Wall’,  the royal biographer also revealed that Kate's “turbulent” relationship with Guy meant that she wasn't surprised when William's friend hired “an all-female crew for the yacht”. 

The conversation came just a few months before the breakup. However, as it is known now, Kate and William’s split did not last long, with the couple reuniting just ten weeks later after the Prince decided he couldn’t be without her. 

But it wasn’t until three years later that William asked the important question both Kate and royal watchers had been waiting for. During a trip to Kenya in 2010, William proposed to his long-term girlfriend. 

During their engagement interview in November 2010, Kate admitted that she “wasn’t very happy” about the breakup at the time, but came to realise that it was for the best, revealing: “it made me a stronger person. You find out things about yourself that maybe you hadn't realised. I think you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you're younger. I really valued that time, for me as well, although I didn't think it at the time.”

The couple married in April of the following year and have since welcomed three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis in 2013, 2015 and 2018.

A royal commentator has since claimed Kate’s handling of her and William’s breakup contributed to her favour within the Royal Family.

Kinsey Schofield, founder and creator of ToDiForDaily.com, told Express.co.uk the Princess’ stoicism during the split made her a “no brainer” for the role of “future Queen”.

She said: “Kate was probably a sure thing because, despite being considered a commoner, they [Kate and William] were together for such a significant amount of time.

“They [the Royal Family] knew she was a good girl, they knew she wasn’t talking to the media, because in between those break- ups, she was so stoic and kept her mouth shut and in all of the photographs of her during her break up, she’s looking ahead.”

Ms Schofield added: “She just handled herself so well throughout the rollercoaster that was her and Prince William’s dating history leading up to their inevitable marriage. It made Kate a no-brainer — she was the future Queen.”