Camilla and Charles were romantically involved periodically, both before and during each of their first marriages. Their relationship was highly publicised in the media and attracted worldwide scrutiny. From their marriage until Charles's accession, she was known as the Duchess of Cornwall. Charles and Camilla's coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 6 May Camilla carries out public engagements representing the monarch and is the patron of numerous charities and organisations.
Since , she has campaigned to raise awareness of osteoporosis , which has earned her several honours and awards. She has also campaigned to raise awareness of issues such as rape, sexual abuse, illiteracy, animal welfare and poverty. Camilla has a younger sister, Annabel Elliot , and had a younger brother, Mark Shand. Rosalind was a charity worker [ 8 ] who during the s and s volunteered at the Chailey Heritage Foundation which helps young children with disabilities near their Sussex home.
Bruce had various business interests after retiring from the army. On 1 November , Shand was baptised at St. Peter's Church, Firle , East Sussex. During her childhood, Shand became an avid reader through the influence of her father, who read to her frequently. Camilla is often described as having had an " Enid Blyton sort of childhood". In fact, it was much grander than that. Camilla, as a little girl, may have had some personality traits of George , the tomboy girl among the Famous Five , but Enid Blyton's children were essentially middle-class children and the Shands, without question, belonged to the upper class.
The Shands had position and they had helpโhelp in the house, help in the garden, help with children. They were gentry. Enough said. When she was five, Shand was sent to Dumbrells, a co-educational school in Ditchling village.
Her classmates at Queen's Gate knew her as "Milla"; her fellow pupils included the singer Twinkle Lynn Ripley , who described her as a girl of "inner strength" exuding "magnetism and confidence".
