Queen Consort Camilla said Queen Elizabeth must have had ‘difficult’ rule

Camilla, the Queen Consort, paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in a brand new interview, remarking that it should have been “tough” for the late monarch to rule because the “solitary lady” within the public eye.

“There weren’t girls prime ministers or girls presidents, she was the one one, so I believe she carved her personal function,” Camilla Parker Bowles, now the Queen Consort, advised the BBC in an interview that aired Sunday, forward of a minute of silence held to honor the queen throughout the UK.

“She’s been a part of our lives eternally. I’m 75 now and I can’t bear in mind anybody besides the queen being there,” Camilla mentioned.

She recalled the Queen’s “fantastic blue eyes” and mentioned “when she smiles they mild up her entire face.

“I'll all the time do not forget that smile,” she added.

The televised tribute aired shortly earlier than individuals throughout the UK paused for 60 seconds at 8 p.m. native time to honor Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, who died on Sept. 8 at 96.

Queen Consort Camilla mentioned it should have been “tough” for Queen Elizabeth II to rule because the “solitary lady” within the public eye.

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Individuals maintain a minute of silence for the late Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Bridge in entrance of Huge Ben Sunday.

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Individuals throughout the UK paused for 60 seconds at 8 p.m. to honor the late queen.

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Photographs confirmed the second of silence being noticed at Piccadilly Circus, the Westminster Bridge, Glasgow Area and by commuters and workers stopped below a clock in Waterloo Station.

The beginning of the minute of reflection was meant to be marked by Huge Ben, and the enduring clock tower had been set to chime once more as soon as to mark its finish, although it didn't strike as deliberate, based on the BBC.

The miles-long queue to view the queen’s coffin, in the meantime, was closed to new arrivals later Sunday, forward of the casket being moved to Westminster Abbey for her state funeral on Monday.

The Queen had “fantastic blue eyes,” Camilla mentioned.

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Individuals collect on the Shankill street to look at the Nationwide Second of Reflection on Sunday.

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The miles-long queue to view the queen’s coffin was closed to new arrivals later Sunday.

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Camilla, who married now-King Charles III in 2005, was final often called the Duchess of Edinburg. It was initially thought she would undertake the title of Princess Consort upon Charles’ accession to the throne, however his mom mentioned earlier his yr that it was her “honest want” that Camilla be often called Queen Consort. 

Camilla has two kids together with her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowler, whom she divorced in 1995.