An official photo has been released on the occasion of the Duchess of Cornwall’s 75th birthday.
Camilla looks relaxed and smiling in the photo released for her milestone birthday which she is celebrating on Sunday, following a busy week for the royal family.
In the picture, the future Queen Consort is seated at a garden table with flowers and plants in the background and a teacup and saucer in front of her and a bowl of peaches.
The Duchess is guest editor of the latest issue of Country Life magazine and her son, food writer Tom Parker Bowleshas written a hymn to the fruit, the essential ingredient in one of his mother’s favorite desserts, Peach Melba.
Mr. Parker Bowles writes: “My mother is an avid grower of white peaches (the topic of this month’s column was very much her idea) and they certainly don’t want any attention.”
The photo was taken last month in the gardens of Raymill, Camilla’s refuge in Lacock, Wiltshirewhere the photographed peaches were grown.
She bought the six-bedroom property, 17 miles from the… Prince of Wales’ Highgrove home, following her divorce from Andrew Parker Bowles in the mid-1990s.
The Duchess is wearing a blue Sophie Dundas floral dress in the photo taken by Getty Images.
Her 75th birthday will be celebrated with a small family dinner on Sunday, Clarence House said.
It is likely Charles will host the evening gathering and guests will likely dine at Highgrove.
Camilla’s daughter Laura Lopes and son are expected along with her younger sister Annabel Elliot, who was featured in an ITV documentary following Camilla as she took over the reins of the magazine.
The program, which aired this week, revealed that Camilla had buried a young Annabel’s beloved teddy bear, known as Tiddy Bar, in the grounds of their grandparents’ home and only confessed years later.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, the Duchess revealed that she has embraced the social media world of TikTok thanks to her grandchildren, while Charles reads to the youngsters and steps up all the voices.
Camilla laments the fact that family meals are a thing of the past and everyone is now on “their devices”.
Speaking to the paper, the Duchess said: ‘Families don’t sit down any longer, eh, and go have dinner.
“Because I’m old, we used to all sit down (to eat). Now everyone is on their devices. It just makes me really angry.”