{"id":270357,"date":"2025-07-17T21:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/270357\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T21:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:44:15","slug":"former-royal-staffers-reflect-on-how-king-charles-will-spoil-queen-camilla-on-her-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/270357\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Royal Staffers Reflect on How King Charles Will &#8220;Spoil&#8221; Queen Camilla on Her Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/camilla-parker-bowles\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/camilla-parker-bowles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Camilla<\/a> has plenty to celebrate as she marks her 78th birthday on Thursday, July 17. The Queen just became the first-ever woman and first member of the Royal Family to be appointed as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-unprecedented-honor-first-woman-first-royal-new-post\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-unprecedented-honor-first-woman-first-royal-new-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom<\/a>, and she also spent July 14 at one of her favorite organizations, the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-puppy-moley-new-photo-battersea-dogs-home-visit\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-puppy-moley-new-photo-battersea-dogs-home-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Battersea Dogs &amp; Cats Home<\/a>. The Royal Family released a new photo of The Queen with her <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-rescue-dog-moley-first-photo-royal-event\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-camilla-rescue-dog-moley-first-photo-royal-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new rescue puppy<\/a>, Moley, as well as two other snapshots of Her Majesty to mark her birthday. Now, two of the family&#8217;s former staffers are also weighing in on how King Charles and Queen Camilla might have spent the day.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tc.tradetracker.net\/?c=33187&amp;m=12&amp;a=271934&amp;r=marieclaireus-us-1322195983100167742&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slingo.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.slingo.com\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/tc.tradetracker.net\/?c=33187&amp;m=12&amp;a=271934&amp;r=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slingo.com%2F\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-merchant-name=\"Slingo\" data-merchant-id=\"218350\" data-merchant-network=\"TradeTrackerUK\" data-merchant-url=\"slingo.com\">Slingo<\/a>, former royal butler <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-diana-thought-balmoral-suffocating-victorian-court\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-diana-thought-balmoral-suffocating-victorian-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Burrell<\/a>\u2014who worked for both <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/diana\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/diana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Diana<\/a> and Queen Elizabeth\u2014 said, &#8220;I think privately, The King will give her a party at Clarence House or Birkhall and they&#8217;ll have people go up to Scotland.&#8221; He added, &#8220;Everything will be behind closed doors,&#8221; but suggested that if they were in London and went out to dinner, the couple would go to one of their favorite places, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/ultimate-royal-guide-london\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/ultimate-royal-guide-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ritz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They like dining out, but why dine out when you have a fantastic chef at home?&#8221; Burrell continued. Speaking on behalf of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.primecasino.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.primecasino.co.uk\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">Prime Casino<\/a>, former royal gardener Jack Stooks agreed that Camilla was more likely to have a party at home.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:130.98%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iZK93nCfGaNScYCUQ6Sswi.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Camilla wearing a blue dress holding her puppy, Moley, in a garden\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iZK93nCfGaNScYCUQ6Sswi.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iZK93nCfGaNScYCUQ6Sswi.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Queen Camilla, pictured with her puppy, Moley, celebrated her 78th birthday on July 17. <\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:76.02%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9ZwAu5syof4agZPpKC9LoW.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles and Queen Camilla riding in a carriage at Royal Ascot\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9ZwAu5syof4agZPpKC9LoW.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9ZwAu5syof4agZPpKC9LoW.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>King Charles and Queen Camilla are seen at Royal Ascot in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With Camilla\u2019s birthday, she is quite a home and family-orientated person,&#8221; Stooks said, calling The Queen &#8220;a great cook.&#8221; He added, &#8220;A perfect birthday for her would be having her children and rest of her family around, and her husband.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to presents, Burrell suggested The King will have &#8220;something special&#8221; up his sleeve. &#8220;He likes to give her jewelry,&#8221; the former butler said. &#8220;He&#8217;s very spoiling, the King, and he will make sure that all attention is on Camilla,&#8221; Burrell said. &#8220;He likes to remind her that she&#8217;s Queen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stooks said that while the Royal Family doesn&#8217;t &#8220;like extravagant gifts&#8221; and are &#8220;quite low-key,&#8221; Queen Camilla &#8220;will probably be given just some jewelry from Charles.&#8221; However, he also suggested Camilla would enjoy &#8220;something nice for her garden at Raymill, like a nice tree or a shrub.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more.<\/p>\n<p>TOPICS<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"flex-none p-2.5 text-white bg-neutral-950 hover:bg-neutral-500 hover:underline hover:underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/camilla-parker-bowles\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/tag\/camilla-parker-bowles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Camilla<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"flex-none p-2.5 text-white bg-neutral-950 hover:bg-neutral-500 hover:underline hover:underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/king-charles\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/tag\/king-charles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla has plenty to celebrate as she marks her 78th birthday on Thursday, July 17. 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