It was only 10.53am on May 6 and already the King was looking intensely irritated. He and his wife had to wait in their grand carriage outside the Abbey. The next in line, the Prince of Wales and his family, had suffered some sort of delay and it's well known the King can't abide anyone being late. 'We can never be on time,' was what one lip reader later revealed he'd said.It was at that moment of grumpiness that I, and I'm sure many others, began to wonder how and Queen Camilla would cope with the huge pressure of what lay ahead. Frankly they both looked exhausted.Can two people in their mid-70s host a reception for Very Important People from across the globe on a Friday night, get up the next day at the crack of dawn, be dressed, made up, hair done and put on a serene performance, knowing facial expressions will be remembered for ever.
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