Queen Consort (formerly The Duchess) Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Penny Junor
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
148

Queen Consort (formerly The Duchess) by Penny Junor Book Summary

“Thoroughly well-written, this is a believable portrait of a woman who did not seek publicity or a royal role but instead to support the love of her life, Prince Charles.” —Library Journal (starred review)

In the first in-depth biography of Camilla—the infamous other woman who made the marriage of Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana "a bit crowded"—esteemed royal biographer Penny Junor tells the unlikely and extraordinary story of the woman reviled as a pariah who, thanks to numerous twists of fate, became the popular princess consort.

Few know the Windsor family as well as veteran royal biographer and journalist Penny Junor. In Queen Consort, she casts her insightful, sensitive eye on the intriguing, once widely despised, and little-known Camilla Parker Bowles, revealing in full, for the first time, the remarkable rise of a woman who was the most notorious mistress in the world.

As Camilla’s marriage to Charles approached in 2005, the British public were upset at the prospect that this woman, universally reviled for wrecking the royal marriage, would one day become queen. Sensitive to public opinion, the palace announced that this would never happen; when Charles eventually acceded to the throne, Camilla would be known as the princess consort. Yet a decade later British public sentiment had changed, with a majority believing that Camilla should become queen.

Junor argues that although Camilla played a central role in the darkest days of the modern monarchy—Charles and Diana’s acrimonious and scandalous split—she also played a central role in restoring the royal family’s reputation, especially that of Prince Charles. A woman with no ambition to be a princess, a duchess, or a queen, Camilla simply wanted to be with, and support, the man who has always been the love of her life. Junor contends that their marriage has reinvigorated Charles, allowing him to finally become comfortable as the heir to the British throne.

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Book Name Queen Consort (formerly The Duchess)
Genre Biographies & Memoirs
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Language English
E-Book Size 34.35 MB

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A Wonderful Book!. I enjoyed this book immensely. Everyone should read it.

Talk about a white wash. The author white washes Saint Camilla and demonizes Diana. It’s unfortunate that the author was unable to critique Diana, Charles and Camilla authentically.

So Refreshing. It was refreshing to read a decent book about The Duchess--her healthy upbringing in a loving family; her quiet interest in unglamorous causes; and her unconditional love and support for Charles. Her seamless ability to fulfill her daunting role is very impressive--especially in the face of hateful scrutiny and bitter attacks. Camilla is mature, steady and well-balanced. She will make an excellent Queen.

Did Charles pay for this?. This is thiny veiled propaganda. Pennny Junor has always favored Prince Charles, but this was beyond the pale. I’m sure Camilla has some good qualities, just as I’m sure Prince Charles does. We’re all a mixed bag. But trying to elevate her to near perfection while minimizing the damage that this affair did to all concerned, then referring to their blissful marriage as only being interrupted only by the “occasional cloud of Diana’s memory” (paraphrased) was just sickening. The woman died leaving two children motherless, that’s hardly an “occasionaly cloud” that inconveniences their happiness. Diana had her demons, and made her share of mistakes, but no amount of treacly prose could ever make Camilla anything close to Diana

Made her almost Goddess. Writer made her a goddess. I like Camilla too, but come on, she is a human being with good and bad sides both. Biography means showing us a real person not a goddess, because we all know, it is not true. Waste of money.

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The Queen Consort (formerly The Duchess) book written by Penny Junor was published on 10 April 2018, Tuesday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 148 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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