47 Facts About Camilla, Queen consort of the United Kingdom

In 2005, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom married Charles in the Windsor Guildhall, which was followed by a televised Anglican blessing at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom carries out public engagements representing the monarchy, often alongside her husband.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is the patron, the president, or a member of numerous charities and organisations.

Since 1994, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom has campaigned to raise awareness of osteoporosis, which has earned her several honours and awards.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom Rosemary Shand was born at King's College Hospital, London, on 17 July 1947.

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Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom grew up in The Laines—an 18th-century country house in Plumpton, East Sussex—and a three-storey house in South Kensington, her family's second home.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom's parents were British Army officer-turned-businessman Major Bruce Shand and his wife The Hon.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom has a younger sister, Annabel Elliot, and had a younger brother, Mark Shand.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom's mother Rosalind was a charity worker, who volunteered at the Chailey Heritage Foundation in the 1960s and 1970s located at North Chailey, East Sussex, while her father had various business interests after retiring from the army.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom grew up with dogs and cats, and, at a young age, learnt how to ride a pony by joining Pony Club camps, going on to win rosettes at community gymkhanas.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is often described as having had an "Enid Blyton sort of childhood".

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom left Dumbrells at the age of 10 to attend Queen's Gate School in Queen's Gate, South Kensington.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom later moved into a larger flat in Belgravia, which she shared with her landlady Lady Moyra Campbell, the daughter of the Duke of Abercorn, and later with Virginia Carington, daughter of the politician Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom was reportedly fired from the job after "she came in late having been to a dance".

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom became a passionate horse-rider, and frequently attended equestrian activities.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom had a passion for painting, which eventually led to her private tutoring with an artist, although most of her work "ended up in the bin".

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom sat in the royal box behind the Queen for one of the concerts at Buckingham Palace.

On 10 February 2005, Clarence House announced that Parker Bowles and the Prince of Wales were engaged; as an engagement ring, Charles gave Parker Bowles a diamond ring that was believed to have been given to his grandmother when she gave birth to Charles's mother.

The parents of Charles and Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom did not attend; instead, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom's son Tom and Charles's son Prince William acted as witnesses to the union.

On 9 June 2016, the Queen appointed the Duchess as a member of the British Privy Council.

On 14 February 2022, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom tested positive for COVID-19, four days after husband had contracted it, and began self-isolating.

In March 2022 and amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom made a "substantial" donation to the Daily Mails refugee campaign.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom's first solo engagement as Duchess of Cornwall was a visit to Southampton General Hospital; she attended the Trooping the Colour for the first time in June 2005, making her appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace afterwards.

The Duchess made her inaugural overseas tour in November 2005, when she visited the United States, and met President George W Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at the White House.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom was unable to carry out her engagements on their tour of Eastern Europe after developing a trapped nerve in her back.

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On 10 September 2022, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom attended the Accession Council where Charles III was formally proclaimed King, where she served as a witness together with her stepson Prince William.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is the patron of a non-British body, the P G Wodehouse Society of The Netherlands.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is an honorary member of other patronages and in February 2012, she was elected a bencher of Gray's Inn.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is the first female chancellor of the University of Aberdeen and only member of the royal family to hold the post since it was created in 1860.

In March 2022, as President of the Royal Voluntary Service, Camilla launched the organisation's Platinum Champions Awards to honour 70 volunteers nominated by the public for their efforts in improving lives in their communities.

In 1994, Camilla became a member of the National Osteoporosis Society after her mother died painfully from the disease that year.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom became patron of the charity in 1997 and was appointed president in 2001 in a highly publicised event, accompanied by the Prince of Wales.

In 2006, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom launched the Big Bone walk campaign, leading 90 children and people with osteoporosis for a 10-mile walk and climb around Loch Muick at the Balmoral Estate in Scotland to raise money for the charity.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom continues to attend conferences around the world, and meets with health experts to further discuss the disease.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is the patron of the National Literacy Trust and other literacy charities.

Since 2015, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom has been involved with 500 Words, a competition launched by BBC Radio 2 for children to write and share their stories and was announced as the competition's honorary judge in 2018.

Since 2019 Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom has supported Gyles Brandreth's initiative Poetry Together, which aims to bring younger and older generations together through poetry recitation.

In January 2022, she joined members Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom Reading Room initiative to promote planting books in phonebox libraries around the UK.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is the patron of Emmaus UK, and in 2013 during her solo trip to Paris, she went to see the work done by the charity in that city.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom topped Richard Blackwell's list of "Ten Worst-Dressed Women" in 1994, and her name appeared on it again in 1995,2001 and 2006.

In 2022, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom took part in her first magazine shoot for British Vogue, appearing in the July 2022 issue.

Legally, Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom was Princess of Wales but adopted the feminine form of her husband's highest-ranking subsidiary title, Duke of Cornwall, because the title Princess of Wales became strongly associated with its previous holder, Diana.

Buckingham Palace has stated that whether Camilla will eventually be known as "Her Majesty The Queen", as queens consort traditionally are, is "a question for the future".

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is a Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, recipient of the Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom has Dutch, Scottish, Colonial American, French and French–Canadian ancestors.

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Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is descended from Dutch emigrant Arnold Joost van Keppel, who was created Earl of Albemarle by King William III of England in 1696, through her maternal great-great-grandfather William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle.

Camilla Queen consort of the United Kingdom is descended from several American Loyalists through Sophia, such as Ephraim Jones, born in Massachusetts in 1750, who fought with the British during the American Revolution, was captured at the Battle of Saratoga, and later settled in Upper Canada.