Family of The Duchess of Cornwall

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by CasiraghiTrio

Laura Rose Parker Bowles Lopes runs an art gallery in Belgravia. Husband Harry Lopes, an Old Etonian like Tom, is an accountant.

Maybe one should add that Harry Lopes, though he once was a model for underwear and is now an accountant, will in time being the 7th Baronet Lopes and 4th Baron Roborough, that his mother is an Astor from the American Astors of Waldorf Astoria-fame, that his direct ancestors include The Duke of Abercorn, The Duke of Bedford, The Duke of Gordon, The Duke of Richmond, The Earl Haig, The Earl of Minto, The Earl of Mount Edgcombe, The Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Astor, Baron Winmarleigh, Baron Churston, Baron Astor to name but a few.

[Skydragon]

Pathetic apology IMO

Andrew Parker Bowles| News | This is London

[Rebafan81]

My question is, I wonder now that both of Camilla's have children, if they kind of wished that their mother had stayed a private citizen. Every girl needs her mother to help when a new baby come, especially the first one and I wonder if Camilla can be around them as much as she wants or hopes or as much as her children would like now that she has a "job".
I know they want her to be happy but it isn't like she married the man up the road, she married the furture King and inherited an entire nation.
I just wonder sometimes if her children feel left out?

[Avalon]

I would think that Camilla has discussed the matter with her children before the engagement was announced. And I believe their wishes were top-priority for her as a mother.

However, I don't think there is any such problem for Tom & Laura: by all accounts, they are pretty confident and bright people, who seem to be happy with their lives.
Tom is a successful author, so he is more in the spotlight, but Laura seems to want a private life, and she gets it: you don't see her in the news often, unless it is somehow connected with the Duchess.

For more information about Tom & Laura, you can visit their respective threads:

Tom Parker Bowles, Sara Buys & Family
Baby Girl for Tom Parker Bowles and Sara Buys: Lola, born October 2007

Laura & Harry Lopes and Family
Laura & Harry Lopes welcomed a daughter: January 17, 2008

[bbb]

i'd be surprised if they felt left out, from what i've read they seem to be a thriving blended family. i've seen Tom on TV and he seems a really funny, happy guy that anyone would enjoy being around. Laura seems to have a lively, happy personality and lovely to know. now with the grand girls(which i'm sure the POW is thrilled about since he had boys) i'd bet they are all closer than ever. they have all the privacy they need at Raymill to still be "normal" with their mum. i would expect they are invited to most things but only go to the "have to" things especially now with the babies.

[muriel]

Originally Posted by Rebafan81

My question is, I wonder now that both of Camilla's have children, if they kind of wished that their mother had stayed a private citizen. Every girl needs her mother to help when a new baby come, especially the first one and I wonder if Camilla can be around them as much as she wants or hopes or as much as her children would like now that she has a "job".
I know they want her to be happy but it isn't like she married the man up the road, she married the furture King and inherited an entire nation.
I just wonder sometimes if her children feel left out?

I think this is an interesting one. Camilla probably does not see as much of her children now as she did before she and Charles were married. That said, I am sure she makes herself available to her children as any other "working" mother would. Just as an example, she has not been seen very much in 2008, and I suspect she is spending quality time with Laura and the new baby. Similarly, when Tom and Sara had their daughter, I am sure Camilla visited them often.

[milla Ca]

Andrew Parker Bowles sues Standard over Camilla holiday story
May 12

Andrew Parker Bowles is suing the Evening Standard for alleged breach of privacy over a story involving his former wife Camilla.
He claims that a story in the Evening Standard suggesting he was going on holiday to Antigua with his ex wife, now the Duchess of Cornwall, was a misuse of private information.

Press Gazette - Andrew Parker Bowles sues Standard over Camilla holiday story

[randomlyKeira]

I was wondering whether or not Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall (nee Shand) was in any way related to Diana, Princess of Wales' step-father, Peter Shand-Kydd.

Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp, started an affair with teh former sheep farmer and heir to a wallpaper fortune, Peter Shand-Kydd. After leaving her family Frances married Peter in 1969. She died in 2003, and he died in 2006.

Camilla's father, Bruce, (an army officer and wine merchant) was born in London, to Phillip Shand, and married Rosalind Maud Cubitt in 1946.

Coincidentally, after the Shand Kydd's married, they lived in Sussex, where Camilla spent her youth.


I realize that surnames really don't mean much of anything, but it is just an interest of mine...

[jcbcode99]

Peter Shand-Kydd wasn't just a sheep farmer--he was also the an heir to a wallpaper fortune.
I never really noticed the connection in the names, though. I believe that Shand is a Scottish desent name, though. That would be very interesting if a family connection was discovered between Camilla and Diana.

[TheTruth]

You might want to take a look at this Yahoo! Question/Answers page. Diana, Camilla and Sarah Ferguson are in fact (very) distant cousins since all are descendant from Charles Lennox.

So it was a right guess even if I doubt the name Shand has got something to do with it.

[Prince of Chota]

I had heard that Peter Shand-Kydd was a distant cousin to Camilla, but they certainly aren't closely related. It is sort of ironic, though...(pensive)

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Russophile

I didn't know her father fought at El Alamein. That is so cool!

The Telegraph obituary of Major Bruce Shand covers his war service and exploits in detail.

[Russophile]

Originally Posted by Warren

The Telegraph obituary of Major Bruce Shand covers his war service and exploits in detail.

Thank you so much for the article! I read extensively about the goings on with the Windsors about a decade ago and I'm rusty. I haven't kept up with the current goings-on except through a little here and there. This is lovely! Thanks!

[chocoblu]

okay. this is the first time I've posted here so I'm not exactly sure if I'm doing this right, but anyway, I just wanted to ask:

does the members of camilla's family have titles? (e.g her son etc)

[Skydragon]

Originally Posted by chocoblu

okay. this is the first time I've posted here so I'm not exactly sure if I'm doing this right, but anyway, I just wanted to ask:

does the rest of camilla's son have a title?

Welcome. No, Tom, Camilla's son does not have a title.

[magnik]

Just like her daughter.

After Camilla's mother family she came from Barons of Ashcombe, Earls of Albemarle or Baronets Edmonstone of Duntreath.

[PrincessofEurope]

Could when Chales becomes King give Tom and Laura a title as an honour

[magnik]

Originally Posted by PrincessofEurope

Could when Chales becomes King give Tom and Laura a title as an honour

Why not? But what it could be simply Sir and Lady?

[HighGoalHighDreams]

He could give them countless titles. However, it is probably most unlikely.

[chocoblu]

okay then. Well, thanks to those who replied