With her husband’s accession to the throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday， Camilla has become Queen Consort and will take on a new and more prominent role alongside King Charles III。

隨著女王去世，查爾斯登基成為了英國國王（查爾斯三世），身邊的卡米拉也如願成了王后。

Just over 25 years after the death of Charles’ first wife， Diana， Princess of Wales， Camilla remains a divisive figure in Britain。

在戴安娜王妃去世後的25年多來，卡米拉在英國一直備受爭議。

Since she and Charles married in 2005， Camilla has worked hard as a senior royal， standing by Charles’ side and championing charities helping women and children。 But many people find it hard to forget， or forgive， their

long-running affair

and the pain it caused Diana。

儘管與查爾斯王子自2005年結婚以來，卡米拉一直努力工作，忠誠於查爾斯並致力於慈善事業，幫助婦女和兒童，但很多人還是難以忘記或者說難以原諒他倆長期的婚外情事實以及給戴安娜王妃造成的傷害。

But over the years， attitudes towards Camilla have softened。 In 2015， a CNN poll found that one in four Britons had grown to like her more and fewer people opposed her becoming known as queen。

不過經過N多年的努力，民眾對卡米拉的態度有很大轉變。2015年，CNN民意調查發現有四分之一的英國民眾已經接受了她，很少有人再反對她即將成為王后。

“It’s always nice to have somebody on your side，” Prince Charles told CNN in 2015。 “She’s an enormous support。 The great thing is we laugh a lot because she sees the funny side of life， thank God。 If you imagine， that adds an enormous amount to the whole thing。”

查爾斯更是對她讚不絕口：

卡米拉是我的精神支柱，我們在一起經常大笑，因為她總是能看到生活中有趣的一面，這給我們的生活增添了無盡的樂趣。

He added： “She’s done wonderful things I think with the whole issue around violence against women and rape and sexual violence。 I think it’s been quite remarkable with what she’s done on that front。 And then again with all her work on literacy because she’s mad on reading and her father was a great reader and I think encouraged her in that way， so she devours books of all kinds。”

接著誇：

我認為她就圍繞對女性施暴、強姦以及性暴力等問題做得非常棒，且成績很顯著。同時，她還酷愛閱讀，其父就是個書迷，因此這也促使她沉迷於各類書籍無法自拔。

In a message celebrating the 70th anniversary of her accession to the British throne， the Queen said： “When， in the fullness of time， my son Charles becomes King， I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me； and it is my sincere wish that， when that time comes， Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service。”

在慶祝登基70週年慶典時，女王對這個兒媳婦也給予了肯定：

稍後，我兒子查爾斯即將成為國王，我知道你們會像支援我一樣，給予查爾斯和卡米拉同樣的支援。我真誠地希望，那一刻到來的時候，卡米拉能作為王后繼續為民眾服務。

女王的安排讓卡米拉不再被當成王室情婦，而成為了真正的王室中心人物。

文章來源：CNN

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