Queen Camilla: For The Love Of Charles – Details, episodes & analysis

A taped recording of an illicit telephone conversation between Prince Charles and his secret lover, Camilla Parker Bowles, finds its way to the Press. Their lives and the future of the Royal family will never be the same again. Sky News’ Kay Burley presents this three-part series following the Camilla story through to her crowning as Queen. She hears from those who are close to her and from experts who’ve watched her journey unfold. One that few, including Camilla herself, thought possible.

In 1989, somewhere in the English countryside, an amateur radio enthusiast stumbled across a private telephone conversation. The call, between the then Prince Charles and his secret lover, Camilla Parker Bowles, was recorded. Its illicit content – once revealed - would change the future of the Royal Family.

In the first episode of this three-part series, Kay Burley takes us back to the start of Camilla’s story, as we explore her early years and first meetings with the future King Charles.

The episode includes a reconstruction, voiced by actors, of some of the now infamous "Camillagate" tapes.

Presenter: Kay Burley
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Assistant Producers: Alex Edden and Lily Thomas
Sound Designer: James Bradshaw
Promotion Producer: David Chipakupaku
Executive Producer: Rob Mulhern
Editor: Paul Stanworth

Audio credits:
BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour
ITV Camilla’s Country Life

The scandal brought about by the publication of the taped telephone conversation between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, and Charles’s failing marriage to Diana Princess of Wales, split the palace. It was the start of a love and hate divide between Diana and Britain’s new public enemy number one – Camilla – which would dominate the 1990s.

In the second episode of this three-part series, Kay Burley explores the complicated love triangle involving Camilla, the future King Charles and Princess Diana. This period of Camilla’s life saw relentless media and public scrutiny, divorce, and a tragedy which attracted global attention.

Presenter: Kay Burley
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Assistant Producers: Alex Edden and Lily Thomas
Sound Designer: James Bradshaw
Promotion Producer: David Chipakupaku
Executive Producer: Rob Mulhern
Editor: Paul Stanworth

Audio credits:
ITV Charles: The Private Man, the Public Role

Motivated by love, Camilla and the then Prince Charles hatched an ambitious plan to win over the public: Operation Ritz. Camilla is no longer the other woman. At the coronation, she will be crowned as a queen. But getting the press, and most importantly Queen Elizabeth II, on her side was not easy.

In the final episode of the series, Kay Burley takes a deep dive into the PR campaign that set out to transform Camilla's reputation. The unconventional affair would, of course, become a marriage. Ultimately, it’s the love story of a new King and Queen.

Presenter: Kay Burley
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Assistant Producers: Alex Edden and Lily Thomas
Sound Designer: James Bradshaw
Promotion Producer: David Chipakupaku
Executive Producer: Rob Mulhern
Editor: Paul Stanworth

Audio credits:
BBC EastEnders
CBS Prince Harry The 60 Minutes Interview

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