As one senior royal insider told me recently: ' Consort can do more with a half-raised eyebrow than any courtier can do with a sheaf of paperwork stuck in front of the King.'Indeed, those who have been by her side for the last 17 years of her royal career say Camilla's calm and wise counsel will be needed more than ever as her husband comes to terms with the loss of his mother and also attempts to keep the monarchy steady once the inevitable post-funeral bounce of popularity wears off.'It's long been the case that the institution is a matriarchal one, not just because of her late Majesty The Queen,' one insider explains.
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