Prince William and Prince Harry have a hidden stepsister who has chosen and handled to live in private for many years.
Prince Harry and Prince William have spent their entire lives firmly in the royal spotlight. But it is often forgotten the brothers have a stepsister, who has opted to live a private life away from the glitz and glamour of the monarchy.
The royal brothers have two step-siblings through their dad’s wife, Camilla, who previously married ex-soldier Andrew Parker-Bowles before she married Prince Charles. They are Laura Lopes, 44, and her brother Tom Parker Bowles, 47.
Although Camilla is well-known around the world, Laura leads a more private life, compared to her brother who is a well-known food writer and often appears on food and cookery TV shows.
Laura Rose Lopes is an English art curator. She was educated at a Catholic girl boarding school in Dorset, before then studying History of Art and Marketing at Oxford Brookes University. She worked as Tatler’s motoring correspondent in 2001, with her brother Tom being the food columnist.
Following her editorial stint, turned her attention to the art world, managing The Space Gallery in London in the mid-2000s, and then becoming a co-founder and director of London’s Eleven Gallery in 2005.
She got married to a chartered accountant, Harry Lopes in 2006. Harry is the son of a baron, who is in line to inherit Gnaton Hall in Devon and the Skelpick estate in the Scottish Highlands.
Prince William and Kate Middleton were present at the wedding which took place in Wiltshire along with 400-500 other guests, showing that she is pretty popular.
On her wedding day, Laura wore a dress by Anna Valentine, who also designed her mom’s wedding dress when she married Prince Charles in 2005. The wedding was attended by Prince Charles, Prince Harry, and Prince William, who brought along girlfriend-at-the-time Kate.
Harry and Laura have a 10-year-old daughter whose name is Eliza and was born in January 2008. The couple also has twin boys Louis and Gus whom Laura gave birth to in 2009.
When Kate Middleton and Prince William married in April 2011, one of Laura’s children, Eliza, was a bridesmaid at the wedding. She was also present at Prince Harry’s nuptials.
In an interview with Good Morning Britain in 2019, Tom said he doesn’t consider himself or Laura to be part of the royal family. Tom said he and his sister are “not quite part of the royal family, to be honest” and added, “My mother married into it. She’s part of it. We’re the common children. We’re just on the side.”
Camilla’s daughter is not officially a royal, however, she is set to inherit two stately homes as Harry is the son of a baron.
According to The Express, Prince Charles “may bestow royal titles upon his stepchildren” when he ascends to the throne, but it may be unlikely given the family’s reluctance to offer Harry and Meghan’s children royal titles.
When it comes to the British Royal Family, there are only a select few names who make the news on a daily basis. However, the Queen does have many royal relatives and aside from four children, she has eight grandchildren, as well as seven going to be eight great-grandchildren.