Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (née Shand, on 17 July 1947) is the second wife of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the thrones of 16 independent states. Since her marriage to the Prince of Wales, Camilla has been legally titled as The Princess of Wales, though she uses one of her other titles Duchess of Cornwall in all parts of the United Kingdom save for Scotland, where she is titled as Duchess of Rothesay. This unconventional use of titles was adopted to avoid conflict with the princely title closely identified with the Prince of Wales' first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales.

Though a long time paramour of Prince Charles, Camilla was herself previously married, and had two children during the union. She emerged into the public eye when it was revealed during the idiomatically dubbed War of the Waleses that it was she who was the Prince of Wales' lover. Following his divorce from the highly popular Diana, Clarence House (Charles' household) worked on Camilla's public relations, and she gradually became a part of royal life. She today supports the Prince of Wales in his official duties, and carries out some engagements of her own.