THE OTHER LOVES OF HER LIFE
Camilla’s two children from her marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles (82) both attended the queen’s state funeral.
Son Tom Parker Bowles (47) is a successful food writer and critic who’s produced several cookbooks and has appeared as a judge on culinary reality shows.
During his late twenties he earned a reputation as something of a wild child. “I was naughty; I partied a bit too hard. But I loved eating and could just about string a sentence together, so I thought I could write about food,” he says, adding that his mother’s cooking skills also inspired him to embark on a food career.
In 2005 he married fashion editor Sara Buys, with whom he has two children, Lola (15) and Freddy (12). The pair separated in 2018 and Tom went on to date former journalist Alice Procope, who died of cancer in 2021 aged 42.
Camilla’s daughter, Laura Lopes (44), is the co-founder of Eleven, a fine art gallery in Belgravia, London. Her husband, Harry (44), was a Calvin Klein model before becoming an accountant.
They married in 2006 and have three children: Eliza (14), who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and twin boys Gus and Louis (12). William and his brother, Prince Harry, attended Laura’s wedding in 2006 and the stepsiblings are said to get on well.
Camilla is a doting grandmother who loves spending time with her five grandchildren. In the documentary Real Camilla: HRH the Duchess of Cornwall she describes the role as wonderful.
“Yes, I’d recommend it to everybody. It’s nice because you haven’t got the full responsibility. You can give them a wonderful time, spoil them, give them all the things their parents won’t allow them to have and then give them back again.”
She’s particularly bemused by her granddaughters and how quickly they’re growing up. “They’re beginning to get into clothes and makeup and, you know, it’s rather frightening when you see them coming out with pierced ears and a lot of new makeup and funny coloured hair and stuff,” she told British Vogue magazine earlier this year.