Camilla was 'raunchy' and kind to 'throw knickers on table', wild book claims

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Prince Charles and Camilla (Image: Rex)
Prince Charles and Camilla (Image: Rex)

Queen Camilla was a fun-loving, free-spirited debutante riding the wave of the sexual revolution, a new book has claimed.

In her youth, the former Ms Shand was known for being 'raunchy and randy', and the sort to 'throw her knickers on the table', according to Omid Scobie's latest offering, Endgame. It was her easy-going, relaxed personality and modern attitudes that first attracted King Charles, but it would also be the key to their undoing, with royals reportedly deeming her to be an unsuitable bride.

Scobie writes: "This reputation is one of the reasons why Queen Elizabeth II and the Firm rejected Camilla as a spouse for Charles, alongside the fact she was a 'commoner' (the air around her family home was not rarified enough) and an 'experienced woman' (read: not a virgin).

Charles and Camilla would reportedly use friends' homes to conduct their clandestine affair, and sparing no-one's blushes, the book includes quotes from a housekeeper who says she would find the house strewn with underwear after they'd been in residence.

Then came the couple's infamous intimate phone call in which Charles lamented he would like to be reincarnated as Camilla's feminine hygiene product. Dubbed 'Camillagate', the recording - which was apparently made by an amateur radio enthusiast - heard Charles tell Camilla he wanted to 'live in her trousers or something, it would be much easier."

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She laughingly replied: "What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers? Oh, you're going to come back as a pair of knickers."

In his latest book, 42-year-old journalist and writer Scobie, who was one of the authors of the Sussexes' biography Finding Freedom, "pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil" in a bid to "show what the monarchy must change in order to survive". Endgame, which was published today, after being pushed back from August to include events surrounding the King's Coronation, is subtitled "Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival".

New explosive allegations in the book include Meghan "never" wanting to "set foot again in England again". It also claims Kate and Meghan's soured relationship is damaged beyond repair, as Omid's sources claim that "every time she hears about Meghan, Kate shudders and giggles."

There are bombshells about Harry and William's fractured relationship too with the Prince of Wales now considering the Duke of Sussex an "outsider" after he published his controversial memoir Spare in which he alleged his older brother physically attacked him. It also claims King Charles dismissed a desperate plea from Harry for an urgent meeting because he was "overworked" and instead "ordered an assistant to get rid of him with the excuse".

The headings of chapters include: 'Shaky Ground: The Queen is Dead, the Monarchy Faces Trouble', 'The Fall of Prince Andrew: Scandal, Shame and Silencing Jane Doe'. 'Race and the Royals: Institutional Bigotry and Denial', 'Gloves On: Prince William, Heir to the Throne', and 'Gloves Off: Prince Harry, Man on a Mission'.

Frances Kindon

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