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Thursday December 05, 2024

Do you know Camilla keeps fit by taking Silver Swan ballet classes?

King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla married in a civil ceremony at the Guildhall in Windsor on 9th April 2005

By Web Desk
May 02, 2023

Do you know Camilla keeps fit by taking Silver Swan ballet classes?

British royal family has shared some facts about Queen Consort Camilla days before King Charles coronation on Saturday.

According to palace, Camilla Rosemary Shand was born on 17th July 1947 at King’s College Hospital, London.

The Queen Consort’s parents are Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand and the Hon Rosalind Maud Shand.

She has personal links to military organisations connected to her father, Major Bruce Shand, who was awarded two military crosses.

The Queen Consort has attended many occasions with veterans, serving soldiers and officers of the 9th/12th Lancers with whom her father served. Major Shand also fought with the Desert Rats in the Second World War before being captured during the Battle of El Alamein.

The Queen Consort has been involved with the Royal Osteoporosis Society since the 1990s, and it became her first patronage as Duchess of Cornwall, after her mother and grandmother both suffered with the condition.

Camilla is the eldest of the three Shand children. The Queen Consort has a sister, Annabel Elliot and a brother, Mark Shand, who sadly passed away in 2014.

In September 2014, The King and The Queen Consort, as Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, became Joint Presidents of Elephant Family. The charity was founded in 2002 by Her Majesty's late brother, Mark Shand, who dedicated his life to saving the Asian Elephants.

The King and The Queen Consort married in a civil ceremony at the Guildhall in Windsor on 9th April 2005. This was followed by a Service of Prayer and Dedication at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Following her marriage to The King, The Queen Consort has become Patron or President of over 100 charities.

The Queen Consort’s first solo official engagement was to Southampton General Hospital on 23rd May 2005.

She travelled to the United States for her first official visit overseas in November 2005, meeting President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at the White House.

The Queen Consort adopted two rescue Jack Russell terriers, Beth and Bluebell, as puppies from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

The Queen Consort keeps fit by taking Silver Swan ballet classes.

She is a fan of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, and on two occasions has had the opportunity to dance with judge Craig Revel-Horwood and former judge Len Goodman.

The Queen Consort enjoys playing Scrabble and Wordle.

In the build up to Her Majesty’s 75th birthday, the Queen Consort made her Vogue debut in June 2022.

Camilla does not have her ears pierced, instead choosing to wear clip-on earrings.

Her Majesty’s engagement ring once belonged to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, The King’s grandmother.

The Queen Consort’s 75th birthday edition of Country Life was the best-selling of all time.

Last year, Buckingham Palace announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had appointed The Duchess of Cornwall, as she was formerly known, to be a Lady of the Garter.