Four poles for ONE! Are separate bedrooms the secret to King Charles and Queen Camilla’s happy marriage?
A good night’s sleep, alone, could be the key to the success of the king’s long-term love affair with Queen Camilla, a royal expert has speculated.
The 74-year-old monarch and Camilla, 75, split their time between locations, and while Buckingham Palace is officially their place of residence, their London base is believed to be Clarence House.
It is not unusual for members of the royal family to retire to different rooms for the night.
The Prince and Princess of Wales slept apart when they lived at Kensington Palace.
And there was speculation that the late Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip even had rooms in completely different areas of the Palace.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are said to sleep in different beds due to the monarch’s back pain
However, it has been said that the reason Carlos and Camila parted ways for the night is due to the King’s health.
He suffers from back pain and it has been speculated that sleep alone can ease the pain and thus would be beneficial to the royals.
His son, Prince Harry, wrote about how his father battled “constant neck and back pain” in his book Spare.
In part, he attributed the chronic pain to his father’s old polo injuries.
In 2021, King Charles himself also admitted that his back was “not so good” in an episode of Armitage’s The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed.
A source previously told the Daily Mail that the new monarch and his wife share three rooms at Clarence House.
“Her Royal Highness has a room with a double bed, decorated as she likes, then Camilla has her own room with a double bed, decorated as she likes,” says the royal friend.

A source previously told the Daily Mail that the new monarch and his wife share three rooms at Clarence House.

It is not unusual for members of the royal family to retire to different rooms for the night.
‘In addition, they have a shared bedroom with a double bed that they can use whenever they want. The arrangement is perfect.
But the couple not only sleep apart at Clarence House, but also when traveling to the countryside in Gloucestershire.
It is also said that Camilla has her own room at Highgrove Mansion, but prefers to spend time at Ray Mill as it is closer to her family.
But royals aren’t the only ones sleeping apart, with around 25 per cent of all American couples reportedly sleeping in separate bedrooms and four in 10 UK couples now reportedly sleeping apart most nights. nights.
UK sex expert Tracey Cox says that despite the stigma of sleeping separately, choosing to sleep in separate beds could dramatically improve your love and sex life.