If you thought royal life was all tiaras, tea, and a tightly scheduled trot down the Buckingham Palace hallway, King Charles and Queen Camilla are here to say, “Think again, peasant.” Their marriage — decades in the making and once whispered about in scandalous tones — is anything but typical. In fact, it’s kind of weird. Enduring? Yes. Traditional? Not even close.
So grab your finest bone china, steep that Earl Grey, and get ready to peer into the gloriously odd world of King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s royal romance — the quirks, the contradictions, and the separate houses. (Yes. Houses. Plural.)
1. They Don’t Always Live Together — By Design
Most couples argue about who gets which side of the bed. Charles and Camilla sidestep that by just… living in different houses.
Yes, Queen Camilla still retreats to Ray Mill House in Wiltshire — her personal, non-royal, horse-friendly haven. It’s the kind of English countryside manor that probably smells like fresh scones and Labradors. While she can live at Clarence House or Buckingham Palace, she often chooses not to. Why? Because Camilla values her independence, prefers having her own furniture, and may even have her own TV remote.
And Charles? He’s cool with it. Before they tied the knot in 2005, they agreed upon this arrangement, which is still in place today. Nothing says modern monarchy like “His and Hers Castles.”
2. Camilla’s Not Into His Whole “Weird Routine” Thing
According to royal insiders and authors like Tina Brown, Charles is, let’s say, intense about his routine. He’s got a thing for organic everything, has his boiled egg cooked to a specific degree of wobbliness, and allegedly travels with his own toilet seat (and bed). Meanwhile, Camilla is more “pop on the kettle and let’s watch The Archers.”
Apparently, she finds his rigid schedule “exhausting,” which is British-speak for “absolutely bonkers.” But after decades of royal chaos, Camilla knows that rolling with Charles’s quirks is easier than trying to change them.
3. Their Bedrooms? Also Separate.
Separate bedrooms aren’t shocking in royal circles — the late Queen and Prince Philip also had their own sleeping quarters. However, Charles and Camilla take it to the next level with separate wings in their home. Think less “spooning” and more “send a footman if you need me.”
Still, they reportedly enjoy a cup of tea together every morning before parting ways to do whatever it is royals do before lunch — inspect trees? Lecture honeybees? Write strongly worded letters to modern architecture?
