Though King Charles III and Camilla Parker Bowles weren’t exactly great at hiding their affair, they did want to keep some things, such as intimate phone calls, private from the world. Unfortunately for the two, transcripts of sensitive phone calls were released to the public in 1992, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
The scandal was dubbed “Camillagate” and subsequently exposed the affair to the public, though it was well known inside the royal family for years. In the recordings, which took place in December 1989, Charles and Camilla constantly exchange sweet nothings to one another, and at one point, the conversation turns explicit when the future king desperately pleads with the queen consort that he needs her multiple times a week. “Oh, God. I’ll just live inside your trousers or something,” Charles said in the phone call, per The Mirror.
The repercussions of the scandal were vicious. Princess Diana’s personal protection officer, Ken Warfe, opened up about how bad it was in his book, “Guarding Diana: Protecting The Princess Around The World” (via The Independent).”The backlash was savage. Establishment figures normally loyal to the future King and country were appalled, and some questioned the Prince’s suitability to rule,” he wrote. The release of the tapes not only posed questions about Charles’ ability to take over the throne, but as the LA Times previously noted, it also made the royals reevaluate their security measures, causing quite a stir in the media.
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