A cake emoji for Camilla! Royals post birthday greetings to mark Duchess of Cornwall’s 75th birthday – as Clarence House release new portrait shot at her Wiltshire home
- The Queen’s official Twitter account shared a photo of Camilla posing outside a vintage caravan and holding her rescue dog Beth on the occasion of the Duchess’ 75th birthday
- Yesterday Clarence House released an official portrait, taken by Chris Jackson, of the Duchess at her country residence, Ray Mill House in Wiltshire.
- She wore a blue floral dress by designer Sophie Dundas for her birthday photo
- Camilla celebrates with a small family dinner hosted by Prince Charles
The Queen and Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sent birthday wishes to the Duchess of Cornwall on social media as she celebrates her 75th birthday today – offering a birthday cake emoji with their online greetings.
An official new photo of Camilla, taken by photographer Chris Jackson, looking relaxed and radiant at her country retreat, Ray Mill House in Wiltshire, was shared yesterday for the milestone birthday.
The Twitter accounts for Buckingham Palace and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also shared images this morning – with the Queen’s, @RoyalFamily, posting a photo of Camilla holding her adorable rescue dog, Jack Russell Terrier Beth, as she sat on the steps of a vintage caravan.
Meanwhile, Kate and William’s account posted a photo of the royal walking in a beautiful meadow, wearing a pretty lavender dress and matching cardigan.
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A peach day! The Duchess of Cornwall looked radiant as she posed behind a bowl of home-grown white peaches this weekend for her 75th birthday
Hi Beth! More images, taken by Chris Jackson and shared by Buckingham Palace’s official Twitter account, @Royalfamily, saw Camilla sitting on the steps of a vintage caravan with her adorable rescue dog Beth
Kate and William’s account posted photos of the royal walking in a beautiful meadow
The official portrait released yesterday shows Camilla, dressed in a blue floral dress by designer Sophie Dundas, enjoying a cup of tea in her garden, posing behind a bowl of home-grown peaches.
The Duchess is celebrating her 75th birthday with a small family dinner hosted by the Prince of Wales at his home in Highgrove in Gloucestershire.
Her daughter Laura Lopes and son Tom Parker Bowles are expected to attend, along with her younger sister Annabel Elliot, who was featured in an ITV documentary that followed Camilla as she edited the latest edition of Country Life.
Parker Bowles, The Mail on Sunday columnist and acclaimed food writer, has written a piece for the magazine praising the peaches, the essential ingredient in one of his mother’s favorite desserts, Peach Melba.
Camilla bought Ray Mill House in Wiltshire, 17 miles from Prince Charles’ home in Highgrove, after her divorce from Andrew Parker Bowles in 1995
“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 attention,” he wrote.
Camilla bought her six-bedroom house with extensive gardens, 17 miles from the Prince of Wales’s home in Highgrove, after her divorce from Andrew Parker Bowles in 1995.
A Clarence House spokesperson, who released the image, said of the birthday celebrations: “She will be having a small family dinner.”
Camilla, pictured earlier this week, has spoken of ‘exciting new prospects’ going forward as her position in the royal family rises to prominence
The milestone comes during a period of change for the monarchy, with the future Queen Consort speaking in last week’s documentary of “exciting new prospects” that lie ahead as her position in the royal family rises to prominence.
In an interview with the Daily Mail yesterday, the Duchess joked: ‘We don’t really want to talk about birthdays, do we? Unfortunately, I can never lie about my age, because it’s always in the paper, so I just have to carry on with it.’
She paid tribute to her family, including her five grandchildren, and revealed that she used a social media chat app called Houseparty to keep in touch with them during the lockdown when she was in Scotland and she in England.
‘I’m not sure if they’ [her grandchildren] think I’m cool at 75,” she added. “But we do have a very close bond and they keep me in touch with the youth world – and TikTok.