Bush Hager traveled to Dumfries House in Scotland intending to interview Camilla on September 8.
The evening before, the Texas native and her husband dined with then-Prince Charles.
“It was a lovely meal,” Bush Hager recalled, speaking about the meeting on"Today.
“She was particularly charmed by Charles' reference to Camilla.
“He said, ‘My darling wife was so sad [not to make it].'”
Charles’ friend Alan Titchmarsh also attended the get-together.
“The Prince and the atmosphere are relaxed and friendly,” he wrote inThe Telegraph.
“At 12:30, we heard sort of running up and down the halls,” she recounted.
Her team was setting up for the interview next to King Charles' office at the time.
“Then, all of a sudden, we heard a helicopter.”
Charles and Princess Anne would be theonly two royals with the queen at her death.
After being told Charles and Camilla had left for Balmoral, the 40-year-old gave an emotional update on camera.
“The whole U.K.’s heart is breaking for this family,' she told said.
“[Prince Charles is] a man who I’m sure is hurting terrifically today.”
