Of course, she and Charles did eventually marry after their subsequent divorces.

The two are not only incredibly close, but they look nearly identical.

That’s when Annabel chimed: “O.K., that’s all right.

Queen Camilla laughing

I’m going to do it for you.

I’m going to get into your clothes” clearly using their similar looks to her advantage.

Yes, but they have seen the other through thick and thin.

Judi Dench and Queen Camilla embracing

His bond with Camilla, meanwhile, extends far past their roles as exes.

“Through adversity they’ve kept a really good family ethic.

It helps with their children and grandchildren.”

Queen Camilla and Annabel Elliot walking

Meanwhile, another friend under the guise of anonymity revealed: “They are joined at the hip.

He arranges so much for her.

They have lunch together the whole time.

Andrew Parker Bowles walking behind Queen Camilla

He’s right in there.

He was always, and still is, Camilla’s co-conspirator.”

“I know that’s not how they speak or what they said or did.

Joanna Lumley and Queen Camilla smiling

People say, ‘Oh, well everybody knows that it’s made up.’

People don’t, people think it’s the truth.

and throw lumps of excrement at her” (via theIndependent).

Jeremy Clarkson posing in front of ITV sign

The backlash, naturally, was enormous.

“I don’t care what anyone says, this wasn’t any sort of endgame.

To say that he is one of his mother’s biggest defenders is an understatement.

Queen Camilla and Tom Parker Bowles posing

“Elizabeth II was a wise woman.

She knew what she was doing and, as ever, she got it right,” Brandreth wrote.

“Famously, the Queen described Prince Philip as her ‘strength and stay.’

Queen Camilla with Tom Parker Bowles and Gyles Brandreth

That’s exactly what Camilla is to Charles.

She is fundamental to the architecture of his life.”

… She drank and smoked with aplomb.

Queen Camilla and Sarah Troughton during church service

Her humor was dry and bawdy.

… She was nobody’s idea of a future queen, however.

But perhaps it is that informal quality that makes her the perfect consort for the 21st century.

Petronella Wyatt posing

Lady Sarah Keswick

Lady Sarah Keswick is another member of Camilla, Queen Consort’s inner circle.

Kicking such a historic practice to the warm-up bench is a move that not many saw coming.

“The two seem to have incredible rapport with each other and always appear to be laughing.

Queen Camilla and Lady Sarah Keswick sitting at event

King Charles and Queen Camilla looking at each other