Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. For many years, Camilla and the Prince of Wales had a controversial relationship, which was highly publicised in the media and attracted worldwide attention. In 2005, it culminated in a civil marriage.
Background
Camilla was born Camilla Rosemary Shand at King's College Hospital, London, on 17 July 1947. She grew up in the Laines, which is located around Lewes in East Sussex; the house she lived in was near Plumpton Racecourse.Her parents were British Army officer Major Bruce Shand and his wife Rosalind (née Cubitt)
Education
At school she was taught such essential skills for upper class girls as, flower arranging, cookery and how to write cheques. She left school with one O-level.
Interests
gardening, horticulture
Sport & Clubs
horse-riding
Connections
She is married and has a son and a daughter from the previous marriage.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and thus, by her second marriage, shares her husband's titles as Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester and Baroness of Renfrew. Although Camilla is also entitled to be called the Princess of Wales because of her marriage to the Prince of Wales, she prefers to be known by the secondary titles of Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay out of respect for her husband's first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales. Camilla could, if royal protocol is kept, assume the title of Queen consort of United Kingdom and sixteen Commonwealth realms in the event of the Prince of Wales succeeding to the throne. Camilla is known as the Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, and as the Duchess of Cornwall elsewhere.As the future Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the prospect of Charles marrying a divorcée was seen as controversial, but with the consent of the Church of England, the Parliament, and Elizabeth The second, the couple were able to wed.