Coronation of Charles III: a look back at Camilla's life in ten key dates

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Highlights: Camilla Rosemary Shand, eldest of the three children of Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of a baron, and Bruce Shand. Married for 18 years, she became queen consort with the accession to the throne of her husband, on the death of her mother Elizabeth II. A look back at his life in ten key dates: July 17, 1947, July 4, 1973, July 29, 1981, July 11, 1995, September 8, 2022. Three of Camilla's five grandchildren will be his pages of honour, helping to carry his train.

On Saturday, May 6, King Charles III will be crowned alongside his wife Camilla Parker Bowles. Married for 18 years, she became queen consort with the accession to the throne of her husband, on the death of her mother Elizabeth II. A look back at his life in ten key dates.

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Camilla will be crowned on May 6 alongside King Charles III, to whom she has been married for 18 years. She was the first divorced queen consort of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. A look back at his life in ten key dates:

July 17, 1947

Camilla Rosemary Shand, eldest of the three children of Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of a baron, and Bruce Shand, an officer turned wine trader, is born in London.

She grew up in the countryside, a childhood according to her "perfect at all levels". She stopped her studies at the brevet level, went to Switzerland for a few months to perfect her education (etiquette, cooking, etiquette) before spending six months in Paris to learn French and French literature at the British Institute. She then worked as a secretary and receptionist. She is already passionate about horses and gardening.

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1970

A brief romance with Charles, Prince of Wales ended the following year when the prince left to serve in the Royal Navy.

July 4, 1973

Camilla married Officer Andrew Parker Bowles with whom she had a son, Tom, in 1974 and a daughter Laura, in 1978.

July 29, 1981

Charles marries Diana

1986

Resumption of the Charles-Camilla link

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January 11, 1995

Divorce of Camilla who remains today on good terms with her ex-husband, invited to the coronation.

August 28, 1996

Charles and Diana divorced after their official separation in December 1992. Diana died on August 31, 1997 in a car accident in Paris.

9 April 2005

Camilla and Charles have a civil wedding at Windsor City Hall. The queen does not come but organizes a reception at the castle for the bride and groom.

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September 8, 2022

Camilla became queen consort when Charles III acceded to the throne on the death of his mother Elizabeth II. Elizabeth II had a few months earlier expressed the "sincere wish" that Camilla be known in this way.

May 6, 2023

Coronation planned at Westminster Abbey alongside Charles III. Three of Camilla's five grandchildren will be his pages of honour, helping to carry his heavy train.