On May 6 Queen Camilla’s astonishing decades-long transformation from toxic mistress will be complete when she is crowned alongside King Charles at Westminster Abbey. The coronation will be a moment that many, even Camilla herself, never thought possible. How has she done it?
During the dark days of the mid-1990s when she was Mrs Parker Bowles, “the most hated woman in Britain” and the villain of Princess Diana’s “there were three of us in this marriage” piece, a close-knit group of girlfriends kept her going. Towards the end of last year, six of them were named as “Queen’s companions”, a new role replacing traditional ladies-in-waiting. Among them is the Marchioness of Lansdowne, 68, a deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire and interior designer known professionally as Fiona
