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Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III. [ note 1 ] Camilla was raised in East Sussex and South Kensington in England and educated in England, Switzerland, and France.
Andrew and Camilla Parker-Bowles attended the Queen's Cup polo match at Windsor. The couple would have two children together, Laura and Tom, before announcing their divorce in January of 1995.
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However, Charles eventually had to leave for Royal Navy service, and Camilla moved on with Andrew Parker Bowles. The twosome got engaged shortly after meeting and tied the knot in July 1973.
Andrew Parker Bowles was born on 27 December 1939 as the eldest of four children to Derek Henry Parker Bowles of Donnington Castle House in Berkshire, who was a great-grandson of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield, and his wife Ann (née de Trafford), daughter of multimillionaire racehorse owner Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet.
Just two years later in 1973, Camilla walked down the aisle at the Guards Chapel and became Mrs. Andrew Parker Bowles — Charles was thousands of miles away in the West Indies when Andrew proposed.
Queen Camilla is a member of the royal family — and an active grandmother to her 10 grandkids. Camilla shares five grandchildren with her ex-husband, Andrew Parker Bowles. The pair were married ...
Thomas Henry Charles Parker Bowles is Camilla and Andrew's oldest child. He was born on December 18, 1974. The then-Prince Charles—who was by then close friends with Camilla—was named his ...