Surprising secret to King Charles and Queen Camilla’s marriage revealed

The royal couple don’t always have the most ‘peachy’ relationship, but there is something that’s kept them together for so long.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have figured out the secret to a successful marriage, and it may have something to do with where they sleep.

“They have known each other since [they were] very young and are great friends. There is no competitive edge between King Charles and Queen Camilla,” British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital. “Devoted Queen Camilla totally supports her husband in everything he carries out (although she would like him to slow down work wise slightly).”

Chard added, “They have also sussed out the best sleeping arrangements. At Clarence House, they are privileged to have their own bedrooms as well as their shared bedroom.”

Not only do the couple have separate bedrooms, but they also stay in separate homes for some healthy alone time on occasion, according to royal experts.

The secret to King Charles and Camilla’s marriage is thought to lie in their sleeping arrangements. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Buckingham Palace

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Chard told Fox News Digital, “They are both independent people. They don’t live in each other’s pockets, spending a healthy chunk of their time apart in their country homes.”

She added, “Camilla enjoys time with her many friends and family and Charles values private work and creative time.”

Royal biographer and Majesty magazine editor-in-chief Ingrid Seward said the royal couple actually “spend quite a lot of time apart,” with Camilla going to her country home, Ray Hill, in Wiltshire each weekend, according to The Sun.

The home “is Camilla’s sort of release from royal life, if you like,” Seward said. “Before she married Charles, she made a pact with him that she would keep Ray Mill house as her bolthole. She goes every weekend when she can, and she goes during the summer so that she can spend some time with her grandchildren and her children, and it’s something that’s away from the whole royal world.”

Queen Camilla has become beloved to the British public over the years, despite how her public persona first began. Picture: Getty.

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Seward said that Camilla often doesn’t go with the king to his Gloucestershire estate, Highgrove, at all, “unless she and Charles are entertaining together.”

She said that Camilla escapes to Wiltshire because “she needed somewhere where she could actually relax and just be herself, and slope around in dirty jeans if she wanted to, and not be constantly monitored.”

Charles, likewise, will often go to Highgrove or Sandringham while she’s at Ray Mill, but they spend the week together in London at Clarence House. The royal couple is celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary this week, and they shared photos during their state visit to Italy, looking loved-up during a photo shoot at a villa in Rome.

“As we begin our first visit to Italy as King and Queen, we are so looking forward to celebrating our twentieth wedding anniversary in such a special place – and with such wonderful people! A presto, Roma e Ravenna!” the couple shared on their Royal Family social media account on Monday.

Charles and Camilla finally married on April 2, 2005, after decades of forbidden love.

“Charles and Camilla’s colourful love story began in the ‘70s, although they didn’t tie the knot until 2005,” Chard told Fox News Digital. “They are a match made in heaven and are celebrating 20 years of married bliss. However, life wasn’t always as peachy.”

“Scandal ensued,” she added. “She was loathed by the general public and named every negative scathing name in the universe. She was known as ‘the rottweiler’ to the late Princess Diana. However, even Princess Diana eventually realised that Camilla was the only woman for Charles. She recognised that Camilla was Charles’ rock. In a funny way, she made her peace with Camilla as she recognised Camilla brought out the best in Charles.”

The late Queen Elizabeth II gave her blessing for Charles and Camilla to marry in 2005, which they did in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall.

This story originally appeared on Fox News and is republished here with permission.

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