Have you heard about Princes William and Harry’s step-sister, who has been at many Royal events and even made it to an official Royal photo? Laura Lopes, the daughter of Prince Charles’s second wife and Camilla Parker Bowles is the forgotten Royal, and it’s time you learn about her.
Laura who is 40 years old and is a gallery worker in London, had been kept away from the spotlight by her mother Camilla. Despite being close to William and Harry, there is a lot of drama which has surfaced, as people are not sure if Laura would be invited to the May wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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1Her family
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Laura is the daughter of Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles from her first marriage to military man Andrew Parker Bowles. That makes her step-sister to both William and Harry. Laura’s parents divorced in 1995, after which Camilla famously married her longtime friend Charles in 2005. Laura has a brother named Tom, who is an award winning food writer.
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Laura is married to an accountant named Harry Lopes. They got married in 2006 and she has three children with him, a daughter Eliza and twins Gus and Louis
2Laura’s career
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Laura currently works to manage several art gallery spaces in London. She had been educated at a Catholic school in Dorset and went on to study History of art and marketing at Oxford Brookes University. She had briefly worked for British society magazine Tatler as a correspondent.
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3Her husband’s family
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Harry Lopes, Laura’s husband is no commoner himself. He is the son of an English baron and will inherit the Devon aristocratic estate of Gnaton Hall and the Skelpick estate in Scotland. Harry had been educated at the elite school Eton, and also briefly modelled for the brand Calvin Klein.
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4Her private life
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Laura has been keeping a low profile for a decade now. Though her glitzy wedding to Harry saw quite a few famous names, since then, it has been rumoured that Laura had been asked by her mum to be private about her personal life and avoid the media.
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