LONDON: When Camilla, Britain's queen consort, is crowned alongside her husband next week, the moment will mark the culmination of a remarkable — and painstakingly slow —transformation over five decades of a figure once reviled as the other woman and considered a huge liability to the British monarchy.

With the coronation of King Charles III days away and his first seven months on the throne under his belt, many in Britain have grown to accept Camilla, though some experts and observers say she will always walk in the shadow of her past.