Laura Lopes

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Laura Parker-Bowles

Born	January 1, 1978 (1978-01-01) (age 30) London, England
Other names	Laura Rose Henry Parker-Bowles
Occupation	Columnist, television presenter and author
Spouse	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 and Thomas Pitman (stepbrothers)

Laura Rose Lopes (née Parker-Bowles) (born January 1, 1978) is the daughter of The Duchess of Cornwall and Andrew Parker-Bowles. 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 October 7, 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 is an Old Etonian who stands to inherit Gnaton Hall, Devonshire as well as the 3,000-acre (12 km²) Skelpick estate in the Highlands, Scotland.

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