Top 10 Things You Don't Know About Camilla
inTouch|April 24, 2023
She's more than just the other woman! Unearthing the surprising quirks and secret past of Britain's new queen
Top 10 Things You Don't Know About Camilla

1 SHE INHERITED $6 BILLION IN JEWELS

When Queen Elizabeth II died, she left Camilla with the keys to a vault of riches acquired by the royal family, worth at least $6 billion. This includes jewels like the Belgian sapphire necklace (which Elizabeth got as a gift from her dad) and tiara (which the queen bought herself), as well as treasures like the 105.6-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is set in a crown.

2 HER FIRST HUSBAND WAS FORCED TO PROPOSE 

Camilla fell in love with Andrew Parker Bowles in the late 1960s and dated him on and off. But in 1973 - while her new pal, Charles, was out of the country on naval duties Andrew's father put a wedding announcement in the paper, revealed royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith: "His hand publicly forced, Andrew proposed to his girlfriend of nearly seven years."

3 SHE'S AFRAID OF FLYING 

"The duchess does not like flying, but I think she sometimes has to embrace that fear and get on with it," a spokesperson explained when Camilla once bowed out of a royal tour of Australia in 2018. She reportedly uses EFT which involves repeating a mantra while tapping your finger on your hand and other parts of your body to manage her anxiety during flights.

4 HER GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WAS CHARLES' GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER'S MISTRESS 

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