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Being the queen is no walk in the park — take it from Camilla and her tired feet

Royals walk on and out

London Bridge is not falling down. Only its junior royals. Its titled seniors — like Camilla — are still living large.

In ’98, I reported how the upper kingly class dissed her. In ’05, I reported on her marrying Charles. In 2026, we’re curtsying to her.

In ’22, she and I had an alone one-on-one home-y conversation. Sighing she flopped down in a chair and said:

“Everyone thinks the royal life is so easy. It’s not. It’s constant demands to be here, do this, open that, show up where. Doesn’t matter if you’re tired or not feeling well. Nobody really cares. So you just pull yourself together and you go. You do it.”

“Worst is the feet. Standing. Walking. And posing in place. There’s that steady pain that won’t go away. Rubbing, massaging your feet won’t really help. When I’m home what I do first is kick off those shoes. Give my toes a break. And I immediately put up my feet. My No. 1 job is to quickly walk around our home........

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