Laura Lopes

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Laura Lopes
Born	1 January 1978 (1978-01-01) (age 31) London, England
Other names	Laura Rose Lopes
Occupation	Manager of an art gallery
Spouse(s)	Harry Lopes (2006-present)
Children	Eliza Lopes (b. 2008)
Parents	Andrew Parker Bowles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Relatives	Tom Parker Bowles (brother) Prince William Prince Henry of Wales Henry Pitman William Pitman Thomas Pitman (stepbrothers)

Laura Rose Lopes (née Parker Bowles) (born 1 January 1978) is the daughter of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall and Andrew Parker Bowles, OBE. Her older brother is Tom Parker Bowles. Her stepfather is The Prince of Wales.

Laura Parker Bowles was educated at St Mary's, Shaftesbury, Dorset, a Roman Catholic convent school. She and her brother, Tom, were raised Roman Catholics, as their father, and particularly their paternal grandmother, the late Dame Ann Parker Bowles (née de Trafford), were Roman Catholics.

Following a gap year backpacking through South America, Laura Parker Bowles attended Oxford Brookes University, where she studied history. In 2001, she was an intern at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. She manages a London art gallery.

She married Harry Marcus George Lopes, born 7 October 1977, son of the Hon. George Edward Lopes and wife the Hon. Sarah Violet Astor and a grandson of the 2nd Baron Roborough and the 2nd Baron Astor of Hever, on 6 May 2006 in St. Cyriac's Anglican Church, Lacock, Wiltshire. Laura wore a diamond tiara on her wedding day that belongs to her mother's family. Her closest family and friends attended the ceremony and reception, to include Kate Middleton, the girlfriend of stepbrother Prince William. Additional guests were Lord and Lady Howe, Lady Sarah Chatto, to make a total of 400 guests. The reception was held at Ray Mill, the nearby estate of the bride's mother.

Harry Lopes, formerly an underwear model for Calvin Klein, is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and is now a chartered accountant. Lopes stands to inherit Gnaton Hall, Devonshire as well as the 3,000-acre (12 km²) Skelpick estate in the Highlands, Scotland.

In July 2007, Lopes announced to News of the World that she and her husband were expecting their first child, anticipated for January 2008. Lopes gave birth to a daughter Eliza on 16 January 2008.^[1][2]

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Laura Lopes

16. The Hon. Algernon Robert Parker               8. Eustace Parker                       17. Emma Jane Kenyon               4. Derek Henry Parker Bowles                             18. Henry Ferryman Bowles of Forty Hall, 1st Baronet               9. Wilma Mary Garnault Bowles                       19. Florence Broughton               2. Andrew Parker Bowles                                   20. Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 3rd Baronet               10. Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet                       21. Violet Alice Maude Franklin               5. Dame Ann de Trafford                             22. Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea               11. The Hon. Cynthia Hilda Evelyn Cadogan                       23. The Hon. Mildred Cecilia Harriet Sturt               1. Laura Lopes                                         24. Alexander Faulkner Shand               12. Philip Morton Shand                       25. Augusta Mary Coates               6. Bruce Shand                             26. George Woods Harrington               13. Edith Marguerite Harrington                       27. Alice Edith Stillman               3. Camilla Rosemary Shand                                   28. Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe               14. Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe                       29. Maud Marianne Calvert               7. The Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt                             30. The Hon. George Keppel               15. Sonia Rosemary Keppel                       31. Alice Edmonstone

[edit] References

1. ^ Joy for Camilla over new grandchild
2. ^ Is Gordon heading into a China crisis? | the Daily Mail

• Prince Charles' stepdaughter marries, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May 2006.
• Elliot, John and Christopher Morgan: "A delicate day for the Parker-Bowles." The Sunday Times, 7 May 2006.
• USA Today, Laura Parker Bowles marries former model; May 7, 2006
• Space odyssey: Laura Parker Bowles digs deep for talent at a progressive London gallery
• The Daily Mail; Lovely Laura Bowles them over by Amanda Perthen and Laura Collins
• Wedding of the year gets right royal back-up
• The Evening Standard; Prince sets up trust funds for Camilla's son and daughter; February 11, 2005
• The Evening Standard,Camilla's daughter to display charms for young artist; March 15, 2004
• Daily Record; Wills' night out with Camilla's kids; February 26, 1999
• One wedding, three princes and a right royal day out; May 8, 2006