WITH DUCHESSES KATE
AND CAMILLA AT WAR
OVER WHO SHOULD
FILL THE QUEEN’S SHOES,
THE HOLIDAYS WERE
ANYTHING BUT MERRY
FOR THE ROYALS.
Raising Cane
Camilla, brandishing a
walking stick alongside
Charles for the couple’s
Christmas photo, “is
infuriated that Kate wants
the queen to leapfrog
William to the throne
over him,” a source says.
“Behind the scenes, things have been tense for awhile, but
they just exploded over the holidays,” reveals an insider, who
says Camilla is convinced that Kate — the mom of George,
7, Charlotte, 5, and 2-year-old Louis — will stop at nothing
to leap-frog over her and Charles so that she and William can
become King and Queen Consort. With the Queen’s reduced
role during the pandemic — and the renewed public backlash
against Charles and Camilla as the Netflix hit The Crown
dredges up their long-running affair during his marriage to
Princess Diana — “Camilla feels Kate has been taking advan-
tage of the situation and pouring gas on the fire,” the source
adds. And the bad blood is spreading. “William totally backs
his wife, and Charles is standing by Camilla, which is causing
friction between father and son,” the insider says. “On top of