Global Courant 2023-05-06 20:49:29
The very close relationship of Annabel Elliot and Fiona Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice with the Queen of Great Britain.
Within the rigid protocol of British royalty before the coronation of King Charles III, the greeting of the royal family on the balconies of Buckingham Palace showed two women who were very close to Queen Camila. They were both by her side for the Coronation and also joined her in saluting from the balcony. .
One his sister, Annabel Elliot. Annabel, 74, is an interior designer and antiques expert and is said to be close to Charles and Camilla.
The other is Fiona Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice, the Marchioness of Lansdowne, who has served as one of Queen Camilla’s six companions since 2022.
Camila, Anabel Elliot and Fiona Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice, during the coronation. Photo: AP
Annabel Elliot, 74, a decorator and antiques dealer, has been a widow since March. He has a very close relationship with Camila. His brother Mark died in an accident in 2014, recalls the English newspaper Mirror.
One of Annabel’s grandsons, Arthur Elliot, is one of Camila’s four honor pages.
They are the two women who had the privilege of sitting next to Queen Camila during the coronation ceremony.
When she took office as queen consort, Camilla made a big change by removing the title of “ladies-in-waiting”. in the Palace and instead make the role something less frequent and much more informal, so to be part of its interior. circle, these two women will surely be seen as special in the eyes of the new Queen.
England’s King Charles and Queen Camilla, Prince George, Queen Camilla’s sister Annabel Elliot, and Fiona Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their coronation ceremony in London, Great Britain, May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Annabel Elliott
Annabel Elliott is not only one of Queen Camilla’s six companions, but also her younger sister (there are around eighteen months between them). Before coming into the royal spotlight, Annabel had a long career as an interior designer and antiques dealer. She was also present at the wedding of King Charles and Queen Camilla, and is said to have helped her older sister prepare for the big day.
She is 74 years old and has been married to Simon Elliot since 1972, and the couple have three children, Ben, Katie and Alice. She has always been away from the spotlight, but for some time it has been easier to see her with her sister, always one step behind.
Annabel She has a passion for interior design, a career she embarked on after studying art in Florence, which is why she founded Annabel Elliot Interior, a well-known and successful furniture and antiques store. A passion that he also shares with King Carlos, who often entrusted him with the furnishing of royal residences and similar properties belonging to his brother-in-law.
Fiona Mary Petty –Fitzmaurice
Fiona Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice is the Marchioness of Lansdowne. According to a Twitter account named after her (not used publicly since 2014) she lives “in the most beautiful house in England and I adore my family, my four dogs and a passion for cooking.”
Fiona, who is married to Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, the 9th Marquess of Lansdowne, is not only such a close friend of the queen that she is a named companion, but she is also godmother to Camilla’s only child, Laura Lopes, reports cosmopolitan.
