article_snippet.sent: In 2013, Camilla made Camilla first ever appearance at the State Opening of Parliament wearing a glamorous champagne silk and lace Bruce Oldfield gown.
article_snippet.sent: Camilla returned for the 2014 state opening as well and is expected to return once again for this year's event.
article_snippet.sent: Similarly styled: the Duchess of Cornwall dress sense has also evolved over the last 10 years and is much like the Duchess of Cornwall daughter-in-law's .
article_snippet.sent: the Duchess of Cornwall has also carried out joint engagements with the Queen Mother's and in November hosted a reception on behalf of the monarch for the Commonwealth Essay competition.
article_snippet.sent: Born Camilla Rosemary Shand on the 17th July 1947,
article_snippet.sent: The daughter of Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand and Bruce Middleton wife Rosalind, the Duchess of Cornwall was born in London but spent much of the Duchess of Cornwall childhood in Sussex along with the Duchess of Cornwall siblings, Annabel and Mark.
article_snippet.sent: According to the Duchess of Cornwall biographer Giles Brandreth, the Duchess of Cornwall upbringing, although not royal, was certainly a grand one. '
article_snippet.sent: Camilla is often described as having had an "Enid Blyton sort of Childhood",' Enid Blyton writes. '
article_snippet.sent: After a stint at a Swiss finishing school, Camilla burst onto the London social scene as a debutante on the 25th March 1965.
article_snippet.sent: But it wasn't all fun, with the Duchess of Cornwall the Duchess of Cornwall Cornwall working as a secretary for a succession of London firms to pay for Camilla Belgravia flat, which Camilla shared with Lady Moyra Campbell.