Like the rest of the Royal Family, Camilla, and Queen Consort enjoys various pastimes. She took over management of the royal stables after Queen Elizabeth passed away and continues to find solace in the garden at Highgrove House.
But now that Camilla is getting close to 76, she can no longer enjoy one of her favorite pastimes. Although the Queen Consort has reportedly taken her final horseback ride, her love for horses will never go away.
Naturally, it is still unclear exactly how the Coronation will proceed.
Whether Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will attend has been a topic of much debate. At the same time, there has been a lot of discussion about Camilla’s attire, specifically her crown.
Camilla will receive Queen Mary’s crown on May 6th, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace in February. When Queen Mary and her husband, King George V, were crowned in 1911, she wore a dress that is 2,200 diamonds in total set.
In order to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth, the crown will be changed for the upcoming coronation. The headpiece will be replaced with diamonds Cullinan III, IV, and V, all of which were part of the late monarch’s private jewelry collection. According to People, Queen Elizabeth frequently wore them as brooches.
Every time a Queen Consort was to be crowned, a new crown was traditionally ordered. A used crown will be used for the first time in recent memory, according to the Palace, who stated that it is “in the interests of sustainability and efficiency”.
The regal headdress of Camilla.
The Koh-i Nûr diamond, one of the biggest cut diamonds in the world, was previously mentioned as a potential choice for Camilla’s crown. The Queen Mother wore a diamond in her coronation crown in 1937.
In 1849, the East India Company took the diamond from Maharaja Duleep Singh, the 10-year-old king of the Sikh Empire, and gave it to the British. As part of their peace agreement, it was given to Queen Victoria. The diamond has been claimed by India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as their own, despite historians’ claims to the contrary.
A source from the Bharatiya Janata Party in India said to The Telegraph last year that Camilla’s coronation and the use of the crown jewel Koh-i-Nûr brought back painful memories of colonial times.
“The majority of Indians have very little memory of the oppressive past. Indians suffered under numerous foreign occupations for five to six generations. The source continued, “The new Queen Camilla’s coronation and the use of the Koh-i-Nûr transport a few Indians back to the era of the British Empire in India.
Camilla will possess a conventional wand, just like King Charles.
The wand is made of ivory, which could be problematic for Camilla. One of those who has long advocated against the ivory trade, which involves the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks, is Prince William. The Prince has made it clear that stopping the ivory trade is something he and his wife, Princess Kate, are passionate about doing.
By refusing the queen consort scepter at the coronation, Camilla risked making a “big mistake.”.
In 2016, Prince William, the patron of the environmental charity Tusk, called for an end to the trade in ivory, describing it as “a symbol of destruction, not of luxury.”.
“There were one million elephants roaming Africa in 1982, the year I was born. Savanna elephant populations had fallen to just 350,000 by the time my daughter Charlotte was born last year. When Charlotte reaches the age of 25, the African elephant will no longer exist in the wild, according to the Prince of Wales, who made the statement.
The human population also suffers as a result of the threat to some of Africa’s most recognizable wildlife. When their natural resources are illegally and violently taken from them, some of the world’s poorest people will suffer. Families in the world’s most vulnerable areas suffer when two rangers are killed on the front lines of this conflict every week, he continued.
But according to royal authority Richard Eden, making everyone happy would be “going too far.”.
Eden claims in a piece for the Daily Mail that while the problem is an “interesting sign of the times,” the royal family cannot be held accountable for all of its past. If Camilla rejects the 330-year-old scepter at the coronation, he says she will be making a “big mistake.”.
“It appears that [Camilla] won’t be using the Queen Consort sceptre, which has been used at the Coronation of a King for more than 300 years by every Queen Consort. Now that I mention it, the reason is that it’s made of ivory, but it’s especially awkward because… Prince William has campaigned against the trade…in modern ivory…and the illegal killing of elephants. But he’s reportedly not a fan of using historical evidence, either,” Eden wrote.
“I think it’s a mistake to take this path because you can never satisfy these people, in my opinion. The Royal Family should be free to acknowledge “the good and bad things of [their] past,” he continued. “There will always be someone offended, and if they go down this route, you’re apologizing from the start.”. ”.
Camilla’s pastimes.
Camilla, like the rest of us, has interests outside of her numerous royal responsibilities. She has received praise for her work with numerous charities, including those that support literacy and animal welfare, and she has always been passionate about reading and drawing.
The Queen Consort even started her own book club on Instagram during the pandemic. Camilla has frequently discussed the value of children’s literature. She’s said before that one of her favorite books is Black Beauty.
Camilla shares the same intense love of gardening as her husband. The couple enjoys spending time in their large garden at Highgrove House, where they not only take care of a staggering number of flowers and plants but also raise their own food.
The vegetable garden is my favorite. My white peaches have earned me a lot of pride. We have a lot of competition over our fruit and vegetables, and my husband is a great gardener,” Camilla said in an interview with Vogue magazine last year.
The garden evolved into something of a refuge for King Charles and Camilla during the pandemic. Prince George spent time with them at their Highgrove House estate, where he even helped plant a tree, the monarch previously revealed.
According to Camilla, the gardens “got people through Covid,” according to BBC. ”.
They had a sort of spiritual experience and found an affinity with the soil, she said. “There is something very healing about gardens,” she added. “You can go into a garden and completely lose yourself, you don’t have to think about anything else. You’re surrounded by nature, you’ve got birds singing, you’ve got bees buzzing about.
However, Camilla has interests outside of her house. She also shared a deep love of horses with the late Queen Elizabeth II during her lifetime.
extreme interest in horses.
The Queen was a well-known horse expert and enthusiast who owned a number of racehorses. Camilla recalled that there was no point in asking her about the breeding of horses.
According to the Daily Mail, the newly crowned Queen Consort recalled, “You wouldn’t dare question her or argue with her on how horses are bred or how it ran because you’d get a very steely, blue-eyed look back again.”.
She had the stud next door, which allowed her to get away to Sandringham. Every day, she could visit her horses and plan the upcoming meetings for the coming year. I believe she has always kept that as… her private information”.
Camilla took over ownership of the racing horses owned by Queen Elizabeth after her death. For the first time, a King and his Queen Consort are both registered owners, claims Metro.
Camilla not only controls the horses owned by the late monarch, but she also supports a south London riding academy. As the Duchess of Cornwall, she supported the Brooke Hospital for Animals, the British Equestrian Federation, and the Ebony Horse Club. She has always loved riding, but sadly, that time in her life is now permanently over.
As King and Queen Consort, King Charles and Camilla made their first-ever historical overseas trip last week, traveling to Germany. The public welcomed the royals wherever they went as they traveled to various cities across the nation.
Camilla claims that she is “too old” to ride horses.
Camilla met a group of schoolchildren in Hamburg, where the three-day journey came to an end. And as the Daily Mail reported, the Queen Consort informed them that due to her advanced age, she had to give up her cherished hobby of horseback riding.
I used to ride horses, but regrettably I no longer do. I feel like I’m too old, but I have racehorses,” she reportedly said.
Even though Camilla can no longer ride horses, that doesn’t mean she will permanently give up her interest in it. No, not at all. Camilla communicated with her stables throughout the trip to Germany, as the Daily Mail reported. Even a video of one of her horses giving birth caught her attention!
It was thrilling to watch one of the foals be born last night, Camilla remarked.
