Note: this topic is from 8/20/2005. A re-ping.
- Queen Victoria illegitimate, biographer says [9/01/2002]
Posted on 08/20/2005 11:24:37 PM PDT by restornu
Ancestry.com Reveals Prince Charles and Camilla are Cousins
PROVO, Utah, April 4/PRNewswire/ -- When Prince Charles first met Camilla Parker-Bowles at a polo match in the early seventies, she said to the prince, “My great-grandmother and your great-great grandfather were lovers, so how about it?” Today, genealogical research shows they have an even stronger bond, they are ninth cousins. According to family history experts at Ancestry.com, a service of MyFamily.com, Inc., Prince Charles and Camilla are ninth cousins once removed.
Prince Charles and Camilla are both descendents of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle. Prince Charles’ family history can be traced back to the Duke’s elder daughter Margaret Cavendish, while Camilla’s family tree leads to the Duke’s younger daughter Catherine Cavendish.
A second and more scandalous possible tie also exists that would make the soon-to-be married couple half second cousins once removed. It is believed that Camilla's grandmother, Sonia Keppel, was the illegitimate daughter of King Edward VII. If this is true then she and Charles would be half second cousins once removed. The half denotes that Charles and Camilla are descended from different partners of Edward VII (Charles from Edward's wife and Camilla from Edward's alleged mistress, Alice Edmonstone).
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In addition to the family ties between Prince Charles and Camilla, Ancestry.com has uncovered links in other famous family trees including George W. Bush to John Kerry, Clint Eastwood to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Madonna to Celine Dion. Other royal family connections include Princess Diana to Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. This connection is unique because it is not through Princess Diana’s marriage to Prince Charles, but rather through a nineteenth-century duke named James Hamilton from the Princess’ side of the family.
In addition, Andrew Firestone, former Bachelor star and heir to the Firestone wine and tire fortune has been linked to Prince William.
But you don’t have to be a family historian to discover your own possible connection to the Prince and Camilla. Ancestry.com provides largest and most popular collection of online information for connecting families with their histories and with one another. With over 4 billion searchable records, Ancestry.com makes it easy to find the joy of a wedding day, the hardships of an ocean voyage, the loss of a loved one, and a true sense of your ancestor’s place in history.
Civil and ecclesiastical records are available from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Additionally, Ancestry.com maintains one of the largest historical newspaper databases on the Internet with searchable images of U.S., Canada and U.K. newspapers from 1786 through the late 1900s. These records expand your understanding of your family tree by placing your ancestors in the context of daily life. For more information visit
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Talk about inbreeding, the leaders of three of the major countries in World War I were cousins: King George V of Britain, Czar Nicolas II of Russia, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany were all decendants of Queen Victoria. Talk about family squabbles!!!
You are clueless....
Nicholas II was not descended from Queen Victoria, although his wife was. Nicholas and George's mothers were daughters of the King of Denmark.
It's still a tangled web of cousin-breeding.
Inbreeders.
They were both raised by the same mare right?
Note: this topic is from 8/20/2005. A re-ping.
Royal weirdos.
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