Camilla Parker Bowles’ children will not be given royal titles – despite the fact that their mother is now the Queen Consort, following Queen Elizabeth’s death on Thursday at the age of 96.
The former Duchess of Cornwall, 75, has two grown children, Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes, with her ex-husband, Andrew Parker Bowles.
Joe Little, editor-in-chief of ‘Majesty’ magazine, told Vidak For Congress: “Tom and Laura will remain exactly as they are, their names will not change.”
Asked if they automatically get security from Scotland Yard’s Royal Protection Officers, who look after senior members of the family, Little said: “If they don’t need security so far, they won’t get it when the regime changes – unless it’s necessary, but of course they don’t get any security.”
While Tom, 47, has a bit of a public personality as a food writer and critic, his sister Laura, 44, a former art curator, is not in the public eye.
“They’re both relatively approachable given their connections, which is how they like it,” Little added. “They value their privacy. Normally they would be very much in the background.”
The siblings were both at Windsor Castle, along with their children, in June 2022 to watch Camilla be installed as Royal Lady of the Order of the Garter – an appointment made by her late mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth.
They also attended the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London earlier that summer, Vidak For Congress said.
“Tom and Laura will be attending their mother’s coronation, at which point media scrutiny will inevitably return to them. They should be aware of it, Camilla will be aware of it,” Little said. “A lot of things will change now, and one of the drawbacks is that the newspapers will be more interested in it.”
The only time Tom and Laura receive an official title or award is when they are nominated for good works.
Camilla and Charles were married in April 2005 and Little said: “There has long been a close friendship between Charles and his stepchildren and stepgrandchildren. There is definitely a bond. They see the grandchildren regularly.”
Tom has two children, Lola, 14, and Freddy, 12, with his ex-wife, editor Sara Buys. He has the somewhat bizarre honor of having the new King Charles as well as his stepfather and godfather.
He once alluded to drug use in the late ’90s after it was reported that Charles read him the riot law about his behavior.
“I was naughty, partied a little hard. When I was younger, I was fired all the time,” Tom told the Australian Daily Telegraph in 2017. “But I loved food and I could just about string a sentence together, so I thought I could write about food.”
After his divorce, Tom found love with journalist Alice Procope, who was a mother of three. But tragically, she died in March 2021 at the age of 42 after a battle with cancer.
Tom, who had been with Alice for almost two years, is said to have been left sad by death.
A friend of his told the Daily Mail: “Tom was delighted to have Alice and is devastated that life can be so cruel.”
Meanwhile, Laura, 44, a former art curator, is married to accountant Harry Lopes.
Princes William and Harry were guests at her wedding – Tom and Laura are friends with the brothers – and she attended both weddings.
Laura’s daughter Eliza, 14, was even a bridesmaid for Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, at her and William’s wedding in 2011, when the girl was just 4. She was seen when Prince Charles was held up on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Laura and Harry are also parents to twins Gus and Louis, 12, and Camilla loves all her grandchildren.
In her June 2022 interview with British Vogue, Camilla revealed: “I do Wordle every day with my granddaughter.
“She’ll text me to say, ‘I did it in three,’ and I say, ‘Sorry, I did it in two today.’ It is very satisfying when it tells you how brilliant you are.”