CHARLES & CAMILLA - LIVING SEPARATE LIVES

HIGH EMOTIONS HAVE LEFT THE COUPLE SERIOUSLY DIVIDED

For the usually stiff-upper-lipped Prince of Wales, trailing tearfully behind his father’s casket as it made its final journey through Windsor was the most publicly vulnerable moment of his life. And unfortunately for the heir, the loneliness has continued to echo as his nearest and dearest have not been there in his time of need.

Following recent reports that the 72-year-old fled to his Welsh cottage two days after the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral, New Idea can reveal the prince is now suffering another low point – this time with his marriage to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

According to insiders, the prince is feeling “dumped” as the couple – who marked 16 years of marriage on the day Prince Philip died – are said to be leading “completely separate lives”, despite Charles’ intense pain over the loss of his beloved father.

Insiders confirm that Charles spent the week before Philip’s funeral in London while Camilla remained in her country home, with a source insisting the situation managed to raise eyebrows, “but those closest just assumed he had a job to get on with and she was keeping out of the way”.