Camilla Shand

Born Camilla Rosemary Shand, uses the title Duchess of Cornwall since her marriage.

Daughter of Bruce Shand (1917-2006) and Hon. Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe (1899-1962).

Born: King’s College Hospital, London 17. Jul 1947

Christened: Firle Church, Sussex 1. Nov 1947

Godparents:

• Hon. Harry Cubitt (later 4th Baron Ashcombe, maternal uncle)

• Major Neil Speke

• Mrs. Lombard Hobson

• Mrs. Heathcoat Amory

• Miss Vivien Mosley

Married:

1. Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London, 4. Jul 1973 (div. 1995) Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (b. 27. Dec 1939), son of Derek Parker Bowles, a great-grandson of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield (1811-1896), and Ann de Trafford (1918-1987), daughter of the 4th Baronet. He married secondly Rosemary Dickinson in 1996.

2. Windsor Guildhall 9. Apr 2005 Charles, Prince of Wales (1948), son of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, formerly Prince of Greece and Denmark (1921) and Queen Elizabeth II. of the United Kingdom (1926)

Issue of first marriage:

• Thomas Parker Bowles (1974) m. 2005 Sara Buys

• Laura Parker Bowles (1978) m. 2006 Harry Lopes (1977)

Source: The Duchess of Cornwall’s official website http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theduchessofcornwall/biography/; Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm; Burke’s Peerage, online version, entries on Macclesfield and Ashcombe