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Alahna Kindred

How Camilla's family will play important role during King Charles III's Coronation

Camilla's family are set to have an important role during the coronation.

It comes after the palace revealed for the first time in the official invitation to King's coronation that she will be known as Queen.

Just weeks away, and both Camilla and King Charles III are making plans with who will play what role and who will be in the background.

Charles already decided that working royals will be the only ones allowed on the balcony at Buckingham Palace during the flypast.

Furthermore, he's culled non-royal dukes from the invite list.

The King has also told peers to leave their coronation robes and coronets at home and come dressed in what amounts to a business suit - after they have been worn for more than 500 years.

From the left: Camilla with her daughter Laura Lopes, her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowlers and son Tom Parker Bowles (Getty Images Europe)

The palace has yet to confirm the official guestlist for the coronation, but Camilla's family is speculated to play a key role.

One of the "Queen's companions, which replaces the ladies-in-waiting, had told the Sunday Times that Camilla's teenage grandchildren will help her carry her train.

Fiona Shelburne, the Marchioness of Lansdowne, told the paper: "It was a big decision, but it’s so much more fun to have them there by her side."

The 68-year-old also said Camilla has been firm on the guestlist.

From the left: Gus Lopes, Freddy Parker Bowles, Louis Lopes, Eliza Lopes and Lola Parker Bowles in 2022 (CAMERA PRESS/Mark Stewart)

Speaking about the guestlist, Ms Shelburne said: "She is fiercely loyal to friends and that will be reflected in who goes to the big day. She wants to be loyal to the people who’ve stood by her.”

Camilla has five grandchildren. Her daughter Laura Lopes has three children: Eliza, 15, and 13-year-old twins Louis and Gus.

Her son Tom Parker Bowles has two children, 15-year-old Lola and 13-year-old Freddy.

It comes as the King's Coronation has been plunged into chaos after rehearsals overran significantly, prompting fears the nation will switch off and heap more pressure on the stuttering start to the monarch's reign.

A source said royal aides are working around the clock in their determination to ensure everything is perfect for the big day.

However, royal sources have attempted to dampen down the anxiety, saying: "It's fair to say it will go down to the wire, but there is huge confidence everything will go to plan on the day.

"This is naturally a huge event and the important point is everyone is pulling in the right direction.

"The King and Queen Consort want it to be perfect as does everyone involved which is why everything is being done to make it so."

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