Camilla, consort of the King of the United Kingdom, paid tribute to Charles IIIOn Sunday, Elizabeth II, describing her as a "lonely woman" in a world led by men.
"It must have been very difficult for her to be a single woman," Camila said. There were no women prime ministers or presidents. She was the only one, so I think she played her own part.”
This is the first speech by the new king's consort since the death of Elizabeth II on September 8 at the age of 96, and it is scheduled to be broadcast in full by the BBC, on Sunday.
Camilla, XNUMX, added, "She had beautiful blue eyes, and when she smiled they light up her whole face."
The remaining hours were numbered to bow before the queen's corpse, enshrouded in a casket draped with the royal standard, on which the royal crown had been placed.
Hours before the “funeral of the century,” foreign leaders began flocking to participate in it.
London is preparing, amid intense measures, for its first official funeral since the death of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965.
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