| An Evening of Glamour For Charles & Camilla |
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| Written by Joanne Leyland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday, 08 December 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The screening of The Chronicles of Narnia was the royal couple's first film premiere as man and wife, although Camilla has previously attended such star-studded events and is now very much at home mixing with celebrities. Camilla wore the same dark jacket and flowing Robinson Valentine skirt first premiered at the White House for her and Charles's official dinner with President and Mrs Bush at the start of November. The Duchess was also decked out in some of her favourite sparkling jewels. She's certainly come a long way since the days when she was much more at home in scruffy jeans and t-shirt!  The charity event took place at London's Royal Albert Hall which had been turned into an amazing 'ice palace' in keeping with the snowy theme of the literary classic. The Prince and the Duchess met the cast of the film, including comedy star Dawn French and actors Tilda Swinton, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley and the youngest lead star of the film, Georgie Henley. In recent years Charles and Camilla have become firm friends with many celebrities, partly because so many are involved in raising money for The Prince's Trust. Film star Al Pacino is just one of many stars who have enjoyed royal hospitality at Highgrove House. Unlike the Queen, who tends to keep her distance from the cult of 'celebrity', Charles - like his later aunt, Princess Margaret - has always enjoyed his links to artistes of the stage and screen. He's even been known to romance an actress, Susan George, and at one point the media enjoyed speculating on his friendship with singer and actress Barbra Streisand (albeit every woman the Prince met was invariably linked to him romantically so it becomes nigh on impossible to know the true extent of such friendships). While Diana was famously close to such pop stars as Elton John and George Michael, in recent times Charles and Camilla have become increasingly linked to a select group of British actors and musicians. Actress Joanna Lumley, musician Jools Holland, and comedy star Stephen Fry are amongst a number of celebrities who have spent time as royal house guests. At the 2003 premiere of his movie Bright Young Things in 2003, the openly gay actor Fry even went so far as to embarrass his royal friend of many years by referring to the Prince of Wales as "your gorgeousness" in a public speech. With the announcement that Charles, William, Harry and Camilla are going to be involved in a major event at the Tower of London next May which will see a whole host of British and international stars come together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Prince's Trust, it's clear that the royal links to the entertainment industry will continue to go from strength to strength. Whether this is a good thing for the monarchy, only time will tell, as there are those who muse that the royals are themselves becoming too much like 'celebrities'. Perhaps Charles and Camilla simply hope a little stardust will attach itself to themselves, thereby boosting their own popularity in the eyes of the increasingly celebrity-obsessed public. Comment on this article
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