Nonetheless, the effort is obvious.

The royal formalities took Sara by surprise.

“It felt medieval, like something out of a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale,” she explained.

King Charles and Queen Camilla visiting Ballater, Scotland, 2021

“I thought, ‘I’m never going to get used to this.'”

But, the time the king and queen spend with her children is a warranted break.

“They’ve grown up from an early age knowing no different.”

King Charles holding granddaughter Eliza Lopes, next to Queen Camilla

He’s just Uppa.'"

“The children utterly adore him.

From an early age, he’s read them stories, been there, and swung them around.”

King Charles photographed in London, 2018

King Charles and Queen Camilla with Pages of Honor Freddy Parker Bowles and Louis Lopes