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November 2nd, 2005 06:53 AM
Ten Thousand Motels Camilla woos House of Windsor, White House next
Tue Nov 1, 2005
By Paul Majendie

LONDON (Reuters) - Camilla may never match Princess Diana's allure, but she is fast winning over the House of Windsor and now faces her toughest assignment yet -- dinner at the White House where 20 years ago Diana famously danced with John Travolta.

Courtiers are carefully choreographing a campaign to win acceptance of Camilla, once reviled by the tabloids.

The trip to the United States from November 1-8 is the royal couple's first official tour abroad since they married in April.

"This is Camilla's biggest challenge in six months of marriage. She has got to make the Americans love her," said royal author Judy Wade.

But Diana will be a hard act to follow.

"Diana had the combination of status and sex appeal which made her more starry than a movie star," said Wade. "Camilla scrubs up well but it takes an army of make-up artists and dress designers. Diana had it naturally."

The House of Windsor, once dubbed the country's most dysfunctional family after years of divorce, scandal and tragedy, are now playing happy families.

Evening Standard royal correspondent Robert Jobson, who broke the news of Charles' engagement to Camilla, said: "There is no comparison with Diana, a superstar in her own right.

"Charles and Camilla are seen as a double act with her in the supporting role. The biggest fear faced by the royal family is if there is no reaction -- just apathy."

Jobson said: "Camilla is well and truly in the fold. She has taken a leading position in the monarchy and is effectively going to be queen one day."

And the mother-in-law -- once so famously frosty towards the liaison -- is definitely showing signs of warming to Camilla.

The Queen lent Camilla a diamond-encrusted tiara for her first royal banquet at Buckingham Palace and the popular press is also coming round.

Tabloids had mercilessly mocked the long-time lovers in the chaotic run-up to their marriage but last week were full of praise as they splashed photos of Camilla in the tiara. The Daily Mail hailed the "Queen of Diamonds" on its front page.

Now comes the Trans-atlantic battle for acceptance.

A spokesman for Charles said: "The United States is our closest ally and the royal couple will very much be representing British interests in America."

In New York, they are to inaugurate a memorial garden for the British victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

In Washington, they are having both lunch and dinner with President George W. Bush. In California, they will meet the homeless and talk to organic farmers.

"They certainly don't want to be drawing comparisons with the star-studded Diana and Charles visit in 1985," Wade said.

"Diana danced with Travolta. We doorstepped him afterwards and he said 'She gave me Saturday Night Fever.' That was a huge, huge success.

"Camilla has a steep hill to climb."

© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.
November 2nd, 2005 06:57 AM
Ten Thousand Motels Red carpet rolls for royal couple during U.S. trip
By Stephanie Mansfield
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
November 2, 2005


They arrive in Washington today loaded down with a wardrobe of 50 dresses (for her) and double-breasted tweeds, ties and tux (for him); 20 servants; makeup artists; and an entourage of 50 members of the British press at an estimated cost of close to a half-million dollars.

Prince Charles and his bride, Camilla, the duchess of Cornwall, will be feted with royal hospitality during their three-day visit to Washington.

Part charm offensive, part public-relations campaign to introduce the newly married couple, the British Foreign Office is sending its middle-aged envoys abroad to help repair the royal family's dysfunctional image.

"I think it will be seen as a sort of 'coming of age' of Charles and Camilla's relationship," said Alec Russell, Washington bureau chief for the London Daily Telegraph. "I think she'll probably get a very good reception. She's quite a grand and likable figure."

But not everyone is ready to embrace the 58-year-old woman who famously broke up the Prince of Wales' marriage to Princess Diana, who died in a 1997 car crash a year after the divorce. In love for about three decades, Charles and Camilla -- whose illicit late-night phone calls were recorded during his marriage to Diana -- finally tied the knot six months ago in England, and some suspect the wedding was hastened by the prince's previously scheduled U.S. trip.

A group of protesters plans to demonstrate against Charles' new bride. "This is Diana country," said Lisa Stewart, a member of Diana Circle, a group of die-hard fans who are staunchly anti-Camilla.

Charles last made a trip to Washington in 2004 to attend former President Ronald Reagan's funeral. The prince's previous visit before that was in 1994.

Security will be tight, and more than 200 members of the press have credentials to cover the visit, including today's luncheon at the White House hosted by President Bush and first lady Laura Bush. There also will be a black-tie dinner tonight at the White House, where rumored guests include director Steven Spielberg.

The British Embassy is hosting a reception tomorrow night for the royal couple, who will fly to California on Friday for the weekend.

Other events include a visit to Georgetown University and a seminar at the National Institutes of Health on the subject of osteoporosis, a favorite cause of Camilla's. Charles also will be awarded the prestigious Vincent Scully Prize at the National Building Museum in honor of his interest in agriculture and urban planning.

Details of the events and parties, including guest lists, have been kept under wraps. Washington social types have played the guessing game, wondering who would be invited to sip champagne with strawberries with the prince and Camilla, a woman once described as "the Rottweiler" by Diana.

Yesterday, the royal couple began their U.S. tour in New York City, where they paid tribute to victims of the September 11 attacks, including 67 Britons who died when Muslim hijackers slammed jetliners into the World Trade Center towers.

Charles said he and his wife had been "profoundly moved" by the visit. At a reception for relatives of the British victims, the prince said he was struck by "not just the scale of the outrage but the deeply distressing individual stories of heroism and of loss."

Charles' last official visit to Washington was in 1985 and was a star-studded whirl of social events and parties, topped with Diana's spirited White House dance with actor John Travolta.

While Diana was beloved by the glamour set, Camilla has been portrayed in the British press as matronly and fashion-challenged.

The goodwill trip is being paid for by British taxpayers, and Charles hopes to promote his concerns about global warming and organic foods. He helped raise more than $180 million last year for charitable causes.

"I sometimes wonder if two-thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet," Charles once observed. No doubt, there will be a few more rolls unfurled this week.
• This article is based in part on wire service reports.



[Edited by Ten Thousand Motels]
November 2nd, 2005 07:00 AM
corgi37 She must do it with animals or take it up the ass then swallow. What else explains why you would marry the house haunter?
November 2nd, 2005 09:19 AM
gimmekeef What a collossal waste of tax money on both countries parading these pompous buffoons arond....
November 2nd, 2005 09:43 AM
Jumacfly
quote:
gimmekeef wrote:
What a collossal waste of tax money on both countries parading these pompous buffoons arond....


oh yes...Camilla caught 50 dresses and pair of shoes for this visit.
she should give them to NOLA victims instead !
November 2nd, 2005 10:19 AM
Moonisup Camilla is one horny Fucker!

[Edited by Moonisup]
November 2nd, 2005 10:33 AM
gimmekeef Jeeez Moonisup...thanks I just went blind!
November 2nd, 2005 12:22 PM
glencar She's huge!
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