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  • Prince Charles' wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, has always been a headline-grabber.

  • She was constantly linked to infidelity rumors back when Charles was married to the late

  • Princess Diana.

  • We're skipping those nitty-gritty details for the sake of time, but to catch you up

  • to speed, Camilla married Charles, her ex-boyfriend, in April 2005, eight years after Diana's death.

  • The alleged salaciousness of their pairing has since subsided now that they're a longtime

  • married couple, but this doesn't mean the attention has shifted away from the Duchess

  • of Cornwall completely.

  • Case in point: Twelve days after Megxit, Camilla made headlines when she gave an interesting

  • reply to the question of whether she'll miss Meghan Markle and Prince Harry as they step

  • back from royal duties to pursue a quieter life in Canada.

  • Harry and Meghan's shocking decision still has the public buzzing, so it makes sense

  • that reporters are clamoring to find out more information about relationships in the royal

  • family post-Megxit.

  • One reporter covering the 40th-anniversary celebration at Prospect Hospice in Swindon

  • was brave enough to do the honors.

  • Will you miss Harry and Meghan?"

  • "Hmm.

  • Course."

  • This ITV video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times since it was posted on

  • Twitter on January 20th, 2020.

  • Many Royal watchers interpreted her curt response as throwing shade.

  • One commenter quipped,

  • "Omg Camilla is my flipping hero.

  • Soooo much shade."

  • Someone else joked:

  • "The master of shade our Camilla.

  • What an asset she has proven herself to be to the RF.

  • Charles is lucky to have her."

  • Camilla's off-the-cuff reply might have seemed a little shady to some, but chances are there's

  • nothing amiss here.

  • A source told Vanity Fair,

  • "[Camilla] wants everyone to get along and be happy.

  • Her mantra is carry on and keep smiling."

  • Camilla might want everyone to be happy, but it doesn't mean she can't be sassy from time

  • to time.

  • A perfect example of this?

  • The Duchess of Cornwall sparked a viral moment in June 2019 when she seemingly gave a "wink"

  • to cameras after posing for photos with President Donald Trump during his visit to the United

  • Kingdom.

  • The shade even caught the attention of reputable news outlets such as the Washington Post,

  • and it spurred reactions from countless political commentators.

  • Scott Dworkin, co-founder of the Democratic Coalition, tweeted,

  • "Camilla's wink is all sane people on earth."

  • Another Twitter user quipped:

  • "So now I'm in love with the Royal family as Camilla winks at the cameras behind #Trump's

  • back as if to say, yes we know he's a w---er but let's treat him as 'The Emperor's New

  • Clothes.'"

  • Unless Camilla had something in her eye, it sure seems like this was a case of subtle

  • shade.

  • Well played.

  • If you suspect that Camilla's recent supposed shadiness is a result of familial tensions,

  • think again.

  • Prince Harry has nothing but sweet things to say about his stepmom.

  • In fact, he gushed about her to author Angela Levin for the 2018 book, Harry: A Biography

  • of a Prince.

  • Harry said,

  • "To be honest with you, she's always been very close to me and William.

  • But no, she's not the wicked stepmother.

  • I'll say that right now.

  • Everyone has to understand that it's very hard for her.

  • Look at the position she's coming into.

  • Don't always feel sorry for me and William, feel sorry for her.

  • She's a wonderful woman and she's made our father very, very happy which is the most

  • important thing."

  • As for Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Cornwall was one of the first royals to wish her a

  • warm welcome after the couple's engagement in November 2017.

  • Camilla said, per Hello! magazine,

  • "America's loss is our gain.

  • We are all absolutely delighted.

  • As you can see, they're so happy.

  • Sometimes in a climate where we're surrounded by a lot of bad news, it's a real joy to have

  • a bit of good news for once."

  • Our verdict: Camilla appears to be a loving woman who happens to have a penchant for sassiness,

  • but the social media reaction to her response to the Megxit mess is ultimately much ado

  • about nothing.

  • "Hmm.

  • Course."

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