British royal family news shows that this week holds great significance in the life of Queen Camilla—and her two husbands. This week she and King Charles took part in their second coronation of the year, in Scotland.
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And, almost to the day in 1973, she wed her first husband Andrew Parker Bowles in London. She and Prince Charles eventually married in 2005.
It’s time to dissect the controversial Queen’s past in the present day, a time when many vow never to forget the role of homewrecker that she played in the marriage of Charles and his first wife, the late Diana.
Royal Family News: Camilla Was Not Royal At First
The military captain married Camilla Shand in front of 800 guests and it was the hottest ticket in town that July. Neither party was a royal but he had impeccable ties to royalty. According to Vogue “Andrew Parker Bowles’s parents were friends of the Queen Mother, and he had served as a page at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.”
In keeping with tradition, Camilla wore a white wedding gown, plus the diamond-encrusted Cubitt-Shand tiara, a family heirloom.
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Royal Family News: Camilla Married a Military Officer
When Andrew Parker Bowles married Camilla the guests included the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, and Princess Anne. During the course of their marriage, which lasted until 1995, the couple had two children.
Their son is the food writer Tom Parker Bowles (born in 1974, and one of King Charles’s godsons). Their daughter is the art curator Laura Lopes (born in 1978). Today they have five grandchildren, Lola and Freddy Parker Bowles, and Eliza, Louis, and Gus Lopes, and the boys were pages of honor at the coronation of their grandmother and King Charles III (talk about karma coming full circle!).
Royal Family News: Camilla and Charles Are Living in Wedded Bliss
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Both Camilla and Charles left their spouses in 1995, took up with each other, and married ten years later.
Andrew and Camilla are friendly ex’s and he was a guest at the king and queen’s coronation on May 6. More recently Camilla and her ex were seen at Royal Ascot on June 21, 2023, where they “greeted each other warmly.” By the looks of things, Camilla’s life is aces!
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