She has also campaigned to raise awareness of issues such as rape, sexual abuse, literacy, animal welfare, and poverty. [258], Upon marrying Charles, Camilla became known as "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall". [58] Some sources suggest Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother did not approve of Shand because she wanted Charles to marry one of the Spencer family granddaughters of her close friend Lady Fermoy. She later divorced John Spencer and married Peter Shand Kydd, an heir to a wallpaper fortune in Australia. I just came acrost a reference to a letter written to "Bill Shand Kydd" at his "home in Bayswater" And I have Camilla's ancestor Alexander Shand as being born in Bayswater as well Wjhonson 10 years ago As an engagement ring, Charles gave Parker Bowles a diamond ring believed to have been given to his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, when she gave birth to Charles's mother. [240], Camilla is a Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,[270] Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order,[271] recipient of the Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II,[272] and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. On 7 November 1974 the Lucans' nanny Sandra Rivett was murdered in the basement of their home at 46 Lower Belgrave Street in central London. After being educated at Balliol College in Oxford,. The parents of Charles and Camilla did not attend;[104] instead, Camilla's son Tom and Charles's son Prince William acted as witnesses to the union. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? [193] In 2011, she appeared in the BBC Radio drama The Archers, playing herself,[194] to raise the profile of the disease, and in 2013 teamed up with the television series Strictly Come Dancing to raise funds for the National Osteoporosis Society. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1996. [179] In February 2013, she was appointed Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, a role which is ceremonial and involves conferring graduates with their degrees[180] and took up the office in June 2013. A condition of such a licence is that the licensed venue must be available for a period of one year to anyone wishing to be married there, and as the royal family did not wish to make Windsor Castle available to the public for civil marriages, the venue was changed to the town hall at Windsor Guildhall.
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