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Prior to their marriage she had been his long-time partner. As the consort of the Prince of Wales she is legally the Princess of Wales;^[2] Clarence House has announced that she is officially styled Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall (Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland). This is mainly because the princely title is so closely identified by the public with her husband's first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales. This move has been viewed as both controversial by British constitutionalists, but also necessary as placating the public in order to further acceptance of the Prince's new wife. Camilla Mountbatten-Windsor, the current Princess of Wales. ... Clarence House, London Clarence House is a royal home in London, situated in The Mall. ... HRH is an acronym for His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. ... The current Tampon of Cornwall after her wedding to the Prince of Wales The Duchess of Cornwall is the title held by the wife of the Duke of Cornwall. ... This article is about the country. ... “Diana Spencer” redirects here. ...

Early life

Christened Camilla Rosemary Shand and known since childhood as "Milla", HRH spent her early youth in the village of Plumpton, East Sussex, England, where the family home stood opposite the Plumpton Racecourse. Plumpton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

She attended Dumbrells School in Sussex, as well as Queen's Gate School in Kensington; later she attended Mon Fertile, a finishing school in Switzerland. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... , A wealthy area in Kensington, that is just south of Kensington High Street. ... A finishing school is a type of private school for girls that emphasizes cultural studies and prepares students especially for social activities. ...

She made her debut in London in 1965.^{[citation needed]} In her youth she worked for a year at the London decorators, Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler. A debutante (or deb) (from the French débutante, female beginner) is a young lady from an aristocratic or upper class family who has reached the age of maturity, and as a new adult, is introduced to society at a formal presentation known as her debut or coming out. Originally...

The Duchess of Cornwall's parents were the late Major Bruce Shand, a British Army officer turned wine merchant, who died of cancer on 11 June 2006, and the late Hon. Rosalind Cubitt, eldest child of Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe. Among the Duchess's forebears is Thomas Cubitt, who made a fortune constructing much of London's West End for the Grosvenor family. An aunt is Elspeth Howe, the former chair of the Broadcasting Standards Commission. She has one brother, Mark, and a sister, Annabel. Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand MC and bar (born 22 January 1917), a Second World War war hero, is the father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, the Heir Apparent to the British throne. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... For other uses, see Wine (disambiguation). ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe (26 January 1899 - 28 October 1962) was a member of the British aristocracy. ... Statue of Thomas Cubitt by William Fawke, 1995. ... Grosvenor (pronounced , Norman French for great hunter : grand veneur), although the pronunciation varies in accordance with national and regional dialects) may refer to: // Duke of Westminster Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society Melville Bell Grosvenor, editor of National Geographic Magazine and... Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Aberavon and Baroness Howe of Idlicote (b. ... The Office of Communications, usually known as Ofcom, is the UKs communications regulator. ... Mark Shand is author of Travels on My Elephant and other books. ...

Before her wedding in 1973 Camilla had been the girlfriend of Prince Charles. However, she was not seen by the Royal Family to be suitable to have the Prince's children, so they were not permitted to marry.

In 1973, the then-Camilla Shand married Andrew Parker Bowles, a Roman Catholic. They had two children together, Tom, born in 1974 and a godson of Prince Charles, and Laura, born in 1978. The children were both raised as Roman Catholics. Tom attended Eton, while Laura attended the Roman Catholic St Mary's Convent School, Shaftesbury. Andrew and Camilla were divorced on 3 March 1995. Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles OBE, (born December 27, 1939) is a retired English military officer. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Thomas Henry Parker Bowles (born 18 December 1974) is the son of the Duchess of Cornwall (formerly Camilla Parker Bowles) and Andrew Parker Bowles. ... Prince Charles may refer to: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, current heir-apparent to the British throne Any of the previous British royals named Charles, Prince of Wales The former Belgian regent, Prince Charles of Belgium This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Laura Rose Lopes (neé Parker Bowles) (born 1979) is the daughter of The Duchess of Cornwall and Andrew Parker Bowles. ... St Mary’s School, located in a rural setting near Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, is a Catholic boarding and day school which welcomes girls from all Christian denominations. ... For other uses, see Shaftesbury (disambiguation) Shaftesbury is a town in North Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

Family history

According to genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner, her ancestry is French, English, Dutch, and Scottish.

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She also has French Canadian ancestors, being the great-great-granddaughter of Sophia Mary MacNab of Hamilton, Ontario and William Coutts Keppel. Sophia was the descendant of immigrants to Quebec in the 17th century and the daughter of Sir Allan MacNab, Premier of the Province of Canada. The couple's son (and Camilla's great-grandfather), George Keppel, married Alice Edmonstone, who would later become the mistress of King Edward VII (great-great-grandfather of Prince Charles). This same lineage makes Camilla a distant relation of Canadian singer Celine Dion, and Madonna.^[3] This article is about the monarchy of the United Kingdom, one of sixteen that share a common monarch; for information about this constitutional relationship, see Commonwealth realm; for information on the reigning monarch, see Elizabeth II. For information about other Commonwealth realm monarchies, as well as other relevant articles, see... 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The Duchess also has Royalty and Royal connection in her ancestry. This includes:

• King Charles II of England from his illegitimate son Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond.
• Her great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, who was the last mistress of Edward VII (reigned 1901-1910). Mrs. Keppel's daughter, Sonia, was the Duchess' maternal grandmother.
• Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, a favourite of William III (r. 1689–1702).
• Her great-aunt, Violet Trefusis, the daughter of Mrs. Keppel, who caused a scandal by eloping, in the 1920s, with another woman, fellow writer Vita Sackville-West, when both were married.
• Her great-great-grandfather Thomas Cubitt, the Victorian builder.
• Through George Keppel, Alice's husband, she is related to Judith Keppel, the first winner of the top prize on the British television game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? George Keppel's brother is the great-grandfather of Judith Keppel, making them third cousins, with Sir William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle and his wife as common ancestors.^[4]

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Immediate ancestors

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Relationship with the Prince of Wales

The relationship between Camilla and the Prince of Wales began in 1970, after they met at a polo match before either of them was married.^[5] Camilla Shand was married in 1973 to Andrew Parker Bowles, an Army officer, friend of the Prince of Wales.

The friendship between the Prince of Wales and the Parker Bowleses carried on after the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. Camilla and her husband carried on extramarital affairs during their marriage. It is said that Prince Charles and Camilla became lovers during this time, while her husband Andrew Parker Bowles took a long-term companion, Rosemary Pitman (nee Dickinson), whom he later married.

Charles was at this time Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Wales, in which a junior officer Captain Christopher Elliot had spent two years as an Equerry to the Prince in London, accompanied by his wife Annabel, Camilla's sister. He and his wife re-joined the regiment in Osnabrück, northern Germany, in the early/mid-1970s. Camilla is known to have visited her sister and brother-in-law in Germany. Charles made annual weekend-long visits to the regiment during the 1970s, and it is said that it was during this period that he discreetly resumed his relationship with Camilla. , Osnabrück (IPA: ) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. ...

Captain Elliot retired as a major-general in the early 2000s, having been at one time the youngest lieutenant-colonel in the Army. He and his wife remained close to the Prince of Wales throughout his career. It was Annabel Elliot's birthday party at the Ritz, during one of her husband's many London postings, which provided the first public occasion at which Charles and Camilla allowed themselves to be photographed — the success of the opportunity provided the template for many more.

The Prince's first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, publicly blamed the relationship between her husband and Camilla for the break-up of the Wales's marriage; privately, the Princess referred to Camilla as "the Rottweiler". Diana reported that Camilla had known before she did that the Prince of Wales was going to propose to her. The Prince and Mrs Parker Bowles exchanged presents and used the pet nicknames of "Fred" and "Gladys" one to the other. (These were based on their attachment to the British comedy group, the Goons.) “Diana Spencer” redirects here. ... This article is about the dog breed. ... The Goons are a small internet community. ...

The affair became public knowledge upon the publication of Diana: Her True Story, followed by the Camillagate scandal (when a racy phone conversation between Camilla and Charles was secretly recorded and published) and Diana's television interview about her failing marriage. These revelations made Camilla unpopular. However, an assertion that Camilla was pelted with bread rolls in a supermarket by shoppers, though often repeated in the media,^[6] has been denied by her friends, who suggest that it was a tabloid media invention that has ended up becoming an urban myth.^[7] Camillagate was the name given to the scandal surrounding the affair between Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Urban Legend is also the name of a 1998 movie. ...

It is often asserted that the couple's affair had been conducted throughout the Prince's engagement, and that they had been intimate on the night before Charles's marriage to Diana, charges that were unsubstantiated.^[8] Though the timing of these tangled relationships has been much discussed and dissected, reliable published reports indicate that they renewed their romantic relationship in the early 1980s, much prior to the timeframe of Diana's involvement with James Hewitt outside the marriage. After the Prince of Wales's public admission, in a television interview with Jonathan Dimbleby, that he had committed adultery, the Parker Bowleses announced their own divorce in 1995. They had been living apart for some time, and Andrew Parker Bowles remarried a year later. James Hewitt on Heads Up with Richard Herring Major James Hewitt (born in Dublin, on 30th April 1958), former British household cavalry officer, is famous for being the lover of Diana, Princess of Wales. ... Jonathan Dimbleby, (born 31 July 1944, Aylesbury) is a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, a political commentator and a writer. ...

Though she maintains a residence in Wiltshire, the Duchess of Cornwall primarily lives at Highgrove House and at Clarence House, the former residence of the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, which is now the Prince of Wales's official London residence. He spent his early childhood in the house, which was the first residence of his newlywed parents, the present Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the Duke of Edinburgh. British newspapers reported in early 2005, in articles about the finances of the Prince of Wales, that, even though they were not married at the time, the prince paid for her jewels and designer wardrobe (among the designers are Giorgio Armani and Oscar de la Renta) and the decoration of her two-room Clarence House quarters by designer Robert Kime. Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Highgrove is the country home of HRH The Prince of Wales, in Gloucestershire. ... Clarence House, London Clarence House is a royal home in London, situated in The Mall. ... Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite; 4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002), was the Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... “Prince Philip” redirects here. ... Armani redirects here. ... Oscar de la Renta (born July 22, 1932) is a leading fashion designer. ...

Since the marriage of Charles and Camilla, it has been revealed that they are ninth cousins.^[9]

Marriage to the Prince of Wales

Main article: Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles

On 10 February 2005, it was announced that Camilla and the Prince of Wales would marry on 8 April 2005 at Windsor Castle with a civil service followed by a Church of England service. Image File history File links The Coat of Arms of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. ... A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. ... HRH is an abbreviation for the style His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. ... The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall emerge from their blessing service. ... is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the castle in Windsor. ...

On 4 April, it was announced that the wedding would be postponed 24 hours until 9 April, so that the Prince of Wales could attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II as the representative of the Queen.^[10] is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The body of Pope John Paul II. April 5, 2005 The funeral of Pope John Paul II was held on April 8, 2005, six days after his death on April 2. ...

The civil marriage ceremony took place at the Guildhall, Windsor, instead of the castle, as a wedding licence for Windsor Castle would have been required and a standard condition would be for it to accept public weddings for a minimum of three years. The service was attended by close members of the couple's family. The Guildhall in Windsor, Berkshire is the town hall. ... This article is about the castle in Windsor. ...

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh did not attend the civil marriage ceremony. The Queen's reluctance to attend a civil marriage ceremony arose from her position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England.^[11] The Queen and Duke did attend the Church of England service at St George's Chapel following the civil ceremony (officiated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Revd Dr. Rowan Williams), and held a reception for the couple in Windsor Castle afterwards.^[12] Henry VIII was the founder of the Church of England yet did not hold the title of Supreme Governor. ... The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England, recognized by convention as the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... For the English boxer, see Rowan Anthony Williams. ...

Following the wedding, the couple travelled to Birkhall, the Prince's country home in Scotland, near Balmoral Castle. The new couple carried out their first royal duties together during their honeymoon. To the surprise of her critics, Camilla's choice of clothes for her wedding day won widespread media praise, with the News of the World calling her outfits "sensational".^[13] Birkhall is a 53,000 acre estate in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... Balmoral Castle. ... The News of the World is a British tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. ...

Since her marriage, Camilla has been known as HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, except in Scotland, where she is styled HRH The Duchess of Rothesay.

Royal duties

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall are greeted by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush on a November 2005 visit to the United States.

Following the royal wedding, the Duchess of Cornwall began to undertake a range of royal duties. Initially, these involved accompanying the Prince of Wales in his official obligations, however the Duchess also began to perform her own solo duties, first visiting a hospital in Southampton. She attended the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London for the first time in June, 2005, and made her first appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace afterwards. The following month Camilla accompanied her husband on a visit to St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, to meet with victims of the July 7 bombings. ImageMetadata File history File links Dubya_n_royals. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Dubya_n_royals. ... This article is about the title Prince of Wales. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of the forty-third and current President of the United States George W. Bush and is thereby the First Lady of the United States. ... The current Tampon of Cornwall after her wedding to the Prince of Wales The Duchess of Cornwall is the title held by the wife of the Duke of Cornwall. ... For other uses, see Southampton (disambiguation). ... Elizabeth II riding to Trooping the Colour for the last time in 1986 Trooping the Colour is a military pageant or ceremony performed by regiments of the Commonwealth and the British Army. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ... Locations of the bombings, overlaid onto a real-path map of the London Underground The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated terrorist bomb blasts that hit Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...

Camilla began to participate in overseas visits, starting with, along with Prince Charles, a royal tour of the United States in November of 2005. In March the following year, the couple went on a royal tour through Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and India, throughout which Camilla won praises for her persistence and down-to-earth attitude. The Duchess has also visited Pakistan, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, and Bahrain. This article is about the United Arab Emirates. ...

On June 8, 2007, the Duchess conducted the naming ceremony for HMS Astute, the first of a new class of attack submarine for the Royal Navy. Following this, it was announced in September that Camilla would name the new Cunard cruise ship, MS Queen Victoria.^[14] is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The christening of the USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. ... HMS Astute (S119) (possibly S20) is the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered Fleet submarines. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... The Cunard Line, formerly Cunard White Star Line, is a British cruise line, operator of ocean liners RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) and RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2). ... Pacific Sky sails under Sydney Harbour Bridge A cruise ship or a cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ships amenities are considered an essential part of the experience. ... MS Queen Victoria (QV) is a new cruise ship under construction for the Cunard Line at the Fincantieri ship yard in Marghera, near Venice, Italy. ...

Personal life

She is a dedicated horse-rider and was an avid fox hunter until it was banned under the Hunting Act 2004. A fox hunt Fox hunting is a form of hunting for foxes using a pack of scent hounds. ... The Hunting Act 2004 is an Act in the United Kingdom passed in 2004. ...

In March 2007 she had a hysterectomy^[15], which was rumoured to have been to treat cancer. However, no details of the reasons for the procedure have been confirmed. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

On Sunday 26 August 2007, in a statement released to the press, Camilla announced that she would not be attending Diana's Memorial Service on Friday 31st August, as she wished not to "divert attention from the purpose of the occasion which is to focus on the life and service of Diana". Camilla had already initially accepted the offer from Princes William and Harry in December 2006, and after advice and discussions came to the conclusion that she would rather not attend, in order not to provoke any tension between the public and herself. [2] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... “Prince William” redirects here. ... Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984), commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and his first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales. ...

Camilla became a grandmother for the first time on October 9th 2007, when her son Tom Parker-Bowles and his wife Sara welcomed a daughter named Lola. Her second grandchild is due in early 2008, by daughter Laura Lopes. Thomas Henry Tom Parker Bowles (born 18 December 1974 in London, England)[1] is the son of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (formerly Camilla Parker Bowles) and Andrew Parker Bowles. ... Laura Rose Lopes (neé Parker Bowles) (born 1979) is the daughter of The Duchess of Cornwall and Andrew Parker Bowles. ...

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles

• 17 July 1947–4 July 1973: Miss Camilla Rosemary Shand
• 4 July 1973–3 March 1995: Mrs Andrew Parker Bowles
• 3 March 1995–9 April 2005: Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles
• 9 April 2005—: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall

• in Scotland: Her Royal Highness Camilla, Duchess of Rothesay

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Styles & Titles

Camilla's full, Title is: The Princess Charles Philip Arthur George, Princess of Wales and Countess of Chester, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Carrick, Baroness of Renfrew, Lady of the Isles, Princess of Scotland.^[16]

Camilla´s full style is

• Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall
• Her Royal Highness Camilla, Duchess of Rothesay (used only in Scotland)

Duchess

As she is the consort and wife of the Prince of Wales, Camilla legally holds the title and technical rank of Princess of Wales. Due to the fact that this style is so strongly associated with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, she elects, with The Queen's permission, to use the style of her husband's subsidiary title, Duke of Cornwall, rather than Princess of Wales. However, in Scotland both Charles and Camilla are formally styled as Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, a title historically associated with heirs to the Scottish throne. A title is a prefix or suffix added to a persons name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. ... Camilla Mountbatten-Windsor, the current Princess of Wales. ... The Dukedom of Cornwall was the first dukedom created in the peerage of England. ... This article is about the country. ... Banner of the Duke of Rothesay, the quarterings represent the Great Steward of Scotland and the Lord of the Isles. ... The list of monarchs of Scotland (Scottish Gælic: Rìghrean agus Bàn-rìghrean na h-Alba) concerns the Kingdom of Scotland (Alba) which was first unified as a state by Kenneth I of Scotland in 843. ...

The Queen has placed the Duchess as the fourth highest-ranking female royal in the United Kingdom Order of Precedence in 2005 (after herself, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy) rather than second (as would normally befit a consort to the heir) to strengthen the notion of being a duchess by marriage rather than a princess by marriage. Her degree of acceptance within the Royal Family was shown in the decision to allow her to borrow and wear one of the tiaras of the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.^[17] Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... The Order of precedence in the United Kingdom is different for each region. ... The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family and the only daughter of Elizabeth II. She is the seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, and is currently ninth in the line of succession to the British... Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936), is a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of George V. She was married to the late Sir Angus Ogilvy. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite; 4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002), was the Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952. ...

Royal consort

Clarence House has indicated that when Charles accedes the throne it is intended that she will use the title HRH The Princess Consort^[18]. Commentators have pointed out that she will, as a King's wife, legally be Queen, regardless of whether she uses that title or not.

Honours

The Duchess of Cornwall has yet to receive any honours from the Queen.

Honorary military appointments

• Royal Colonel, of 4th Battalion The Rifles
• Commodore-in-Chief, of Naval Medical Services

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Arms

The Coat of Arms of The Duchess of Cornwall

On 17 July 2005, the Duchess's 58th birthday, Clarence House unveiled a coat of arms for Camilla's use. It impales her husband's main coat of arms to the dexter (viewer's left) with her father's to sinister (viewer's right), all surmounted by her husband's coronet as heir-apparent. Image File history File links The Coat of Arms of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. ... Image File history File links The Coat of Arms of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Banner of the arms of Cardinal Wolsey as Archbishop of York, impaling his personal arms (right) with the arms of his office as Archbishop of York (left) This article is about the heraldic technique. ...

According to reports in the news media, the arms were authorized and granted by the Queen, who was said to have taken a "keen interest" in its development, along with Charles and Camilla; the arms itself were prepared by Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms.^[19] However, aside from the invention of a boar supporter (reflecting her paternal arms) for the sinister side, the arms are entirely consistent with the historical heraldic arrangement for a married woman who is not herself a heraldic heiress. Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones CVO, Garter Principal King of Arms, the senior English herald. ... Banners of the arms of office of the three current English Kings of Arms. ...

See also

• British Royal Family
• Canadian Royal Family
• Duchess of Cornwall
• Princess Consort

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Footnotes

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References

• Whitaker, James (4 April 2006). "Why I still haven't learned to love Camilla".Mirror.
• "Charles and Camilla Do America". (2 November, 2005). Slate.
• Ginsburg, Marsha (Nov. 5, 2005). "What to know if you encounter a prince or a duchess". SFGate.
• Pierce, Andrew & Gibb, Frances (14 February, 2005). "Camilla might still become Queen". The Times.

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Further reading

• Jonathan Dimbleby, The Prince of Wales, a Biography (Little, Brown and Company, 1994) ISBN 0-316-91016-3

External links

• Official website of the British monarchy - HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
• Prince of Wales' homepage- The Duchess
• Monarchy Wales - leading campaign organisation
• Illustrated biography of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
• BBC Article: Profile: Camilla Parker Bowles
• BBC News Online's special section on the marriage of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles
• BBC article: Prince Charles to marry Camilla
• Reaction to US visit Cowzilla Comes To Town
• Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at the Internet Movie Database

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