Yahoo Autos 13 surprising things you didn't know about Queen Camilla
Queen Camilla, who turned 76 on Monday, has been married to King Charles III since 2005.
She came from an aristocratic family with royal connections.
She has two rescue dogs, Jack Russell terriers named Beth and Bluebell.
Queen Camilla's parents, Bruce and Rosalind Shand, were wealthy aristocrats.
Camilla's father was a major in the British Army and heir to his father's baronry. Her mother, having been named "debutante of the year" in 1939, worked at an adoption agency and did charity work. They married in 1946.
Camilla came from an upper-class family with royal connections.
Four-year-old Camilla is pictured front left at the wedding of Jeremy Cubitt and Diana du Cane. She was a bridesmaid with her sister, Annabel.
Their great-grandmother Alice Keppel was the mistress of Charles' great-great-grandfather, King Edward VII.
Camilla is the oldest of three children.
Her sister, Annabel Elliot, is an interior designer. She helped the royal couple redesign their Restormel Manor in Cornwall and Charles' Welsh estate, Llwynywermod Estate.
Her brother Mark, who died of a tragic head injury in 2014, was a travel writer.
She was married to Andrew Parker Bowles from 1973 to 1995.
Her now-ex-husband was an officer in the British Army and dated Princess Anne for a short time in 1970. A fictionalized version of Parker Bowles, played by Andrew Buchan, appeared on season three of "The Crown" on Netflix.
According to Sally Bedell Smith's 2017 biography of King Charles, he and Camilla reportedly began their affair in 1986.
Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles divorced in 1995, a year before Charles' divorce from Princess Diana.
She has two children from her previous marriage, Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes.
Tom is a cookbook author and restaurant critic, while Laura works as an art curator. Charles is also Tom's godfather.
Camilla is two years older than Charles.
Camilla is 76 years old, while Charles is 74.
Camilla's engagement ring from Charles belonged to the Queen Mother.
