Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the … See more

Camilla Rosemary Shand was born on 17 July 1947 at King's College Hospital, London. Her family split their time between their country house—18th-century The Laines in Plumpton, East Sussex —and their London ho… See more

In the late 1960s, Shand met Andrew Parker Bowles, then a Guards officer – a lieutenant in the Blues and Royals – through his younger brother, Simon, who worked for her father's wine firm in Mayfair. After an on-and-off r… See more

After becoming Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla automatically acquired rank as the second highest woman in the British order of precedence (after Queen Elizabeth II), and as typically fifth or sixth in the orders of precedence of … See more

Camilla is the patron or president of over 100 charities and organisations. She is the honorary commodore-in-chief of the Royal Navy Medical Service. In this role, she visited the training-ship HMS Excellent in January 20… See more