The Queen Consort is mourning her brother-in-law of greater than 50 years after the loss of life of her sister Annabel’s husband, landowner Simon Elliot, was introduced at present.
Elliot, whose late father Sir William was an Air Chief Marshal of the RAF, has died on the age of 82, his household stated in an announcement.
Camilla, 75, was recognized to have an in depth relationship with the businessman, who Annabel wed in 1972 on the age of 23 – and the couple even joined the royal on her honeymoon to Charles.
Simon and Annabel, 74, shared three youngsters collectively: ex Conservative Celebration chairman Ben Elliot and his sisters Alice and Catherine.
Simon Elliot, the Queen Consort’s brother-in-law, has died on the age of 82. The enterprise proprietor wed Camilla’s sister Annabel in 1972 and the couple share three youngsters, Ben, Alice and Catherine
Camilla invited her inside designer sister and her husband on her Balmoral honeymoon after she wed the then Prince Charles in 2005 and the now King and Queen Consort ceaselessly visited the couple’s within the Dorset village of Stourpaine after they have been courting.
And it was at Annabel’s fiftieth celebration on the Ritz Resort when her sister stole the limelight by ‘popping out’ as Charles’ associate, the couple utilizing the event to pose for his or her first public footage collectively on the lodge steps.
The Queen Consort has loved an in depth relationship together with her brother-in-law for over 5 many years, the pair pictured on the wedding ceremony of Camilla’s niece Alice Elliot
Camilla, proper, pictured together with her sister Annabel and brother-in-law Simon Elliot earlier than she grew to become the Duchess of Cornwall, and now the Queen Consort
Happier occasions: Camilla is seen smiling alongside her late brother-in-law on the London wedding ceremony of Ben Elliot and Mary-Clare Winwood
Simon and Annabel attend the marriage of their son Ben Elliot and Mary-Clare Winwood in 2011
Annabel’s inside design abilities have seen her run her Dorset enterprise for over 30 years, with the King using her to revamp varied royal households over time.
The youthful brother of Camilla and Annabel, Mark Shand, was killed in 2014 following a fall in New York.
The Queen Consort is at present internet hosting a reception to mark Worldwide Ladies’s Day at Buckingham Palace.
Camilla has had a busy week of public engagements; yesterday, she joined the King in Colchester, Essex, to have a good time its new metropolis standing and had tea with supporters of charity Age UK and The Silver Line, a helpline for older folks.
Their go to got here as entries for the Queen Consort’s Coronation Champions Awards, organised by the Royal Voluntary Service and backed by the Every day Mail, flooded in.