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3 days ago · The state banquet marking the Japanese Imperial family's visit to England may have been an evening of pomp and ceremony, but there was one touching personal nod between King Charles and Queen Camilla. The Queen debuted King Charles’ new Family Order, a symbolic portrait of the reigning monarch ...
From their marriage until Charles's accession, she was known as the Duchess of Cornwall. On 8 September 2022, Charles became king upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, with Camilla as queen consort. Charles and Camilla's coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 6 May 2023.
- Tom Parker Bowles
- Master Freddy Parker Bowles
- Laura Lopes
- Master Gus Lopes and Master Louis Lopes
- Master Arthur Elliot
Tom Parker Bowles is the eldest of Camilla’s children. Ahead of the coronation, Parker Bowles, a food critic, had spoken out on "The News Agents" podcast and said there had not been “any sort of endgame” when his mother married Charles back in 2005. "She married the person she loved and this is what happened," he said.
Parker Bowles’ son Freddy, now 13, assumed a special role during the coronation, serving as one of the queen’s Pages of Honour. On "The News Agents" podcast, Tom Parker Bowles had said that he doubted his son was stressed about the once-in-a-lifetime event. "I don't think he knows quite how big it's going to be,” Parker Bowles said. "He's a 13-year...
Laura Lopes, Camilla’s daughter and the second of her children, attended the coronation in a green ensemble.
Lopes’ twin sons, Master Gus Lopes and Master Louis Lopes, joined Freddy as two of Camilla's Pages of Honour. Gus sported a green jacket with a collar braid on the front and neck for the coronation. Louis' outfit matched Freddy's with the red jacket, gold cuffs and red and gold waist sash.
Camilla's great-nephew, Arthur, the son of Ben Elliot, Camilla's nephew, was also a Page of Honour for the queen. He donned the same uniform as his cousin Gus, with a green jacket and collar braid.
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May 6, 2023 · King Charles and Queen Camilla have been crowned on a historic day of pageantry, capped by cheering from crowds in front of Buckingham Palace. Thousands packed the Mall despite the rain,...
- 1970: Charles and Camilla meet. Camilla Shand was 23 when she met the eligible British heir, 22, at a polo match in 1970, just one year after Charles’ investiture as the Prince of Wales.
- 1973: Camilla marries another. While Charles was away, Camilla resumed a relationship with a former beau, Andrew Parker Bowles. The British Army major, who’d also briefly dated Charles’ sister, Princess Anne, became engaged to Camilla in 1973.
- 1978: A friendship (and maybe more) thrives between Charles and Camilla. Camilla’s marriage to Parker Bowles didn’t end her friendship with Charles. The two continued to be seen in public, and as the years went on their friendship deepened.
- 1981: Charles marries Diana. In what was dubbed the wedding of the century, the Prince of Wales married Diana on July 29, 1981. The young and popular princess seemed a perfect match for Charles, complete with an aristocratic pedigree that Camilla lacked.
May 6, 2023 · King Charles and Queen Camilla received a Royal Salute and three cheers from military personnel as they returned to Buckingham Palace.
May 6, 2023 · King Charles III and Queen Camilla crowned: Highlights from the coronation. Crowds cheered the royal couple after a ceremony steeped in tradition at Westminster Abbey, where monarchs have...
