Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall She has a younger sister, Annabel Elliot, and had a younger brother, Mark Shand (1951–2014). Her maternal great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, was a mistress of King Edward VII from 1898 to 1910. On 1 November 1947, Camilla was baptised at Firle Church, East Sussex. Camilla's mother worked for an adoption agency, while her father had various business interests after retiring from the army. He was most notably a partner in Block, Grey and Block, a firm of wine merchants in South Audley Street, Mayfair, later joining Ellis, Son and Vidler of Hastings and London. During her childhood years, Camilla became an
Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax brewing family, former wife of Richard Parker Bowles (married in 1973 and divorced in 1976), a younger brother of Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall. Andrew also had a dalliance with Princess Anne. The Countess of Halifax and The Duchess of Cornwall are former sisters-in-law. Lord and Lady Halifax have a son and a daughter: The Countess of Halifax also has a daughter from her first marriage with Richard Eustace Parker Bowles: The Earl and Countess of Halifax live on the 20,000 acre family estate, Garrowby Hall near Garrowby, East Riding of Yorkshire. Lady Halifax