Queen Camilla adores her five grandkids, all of whom call her \u201cGaga.\u201dTo honor them, the Queen wore a necklace recently that featured her own birthstone\u2014ruby\u2014and the initials of her grandkids engraved into the pendant.The necklace is \u201cPerhaps the Queen\u2019s most personal piece of jewelry,\u201d Tatler reported.<\/p>\n
Queen Camilla<\/a>, known as \u201cGaga\u201d to her five grandchildren, is keeping her grandkids close to her heart\u2014literally.\n<\/p>\n On February 3, the Queen attended a reception at St. James\u2019s Palace for local and regional government employees in communities across the U.K. wearing a ruby necklace with a sentimental meaning. Wearing a black mididress from Fiona Clare\u2014long a favorite designer of Camilla\u2019s\u2014with lace detailing around the neckline, front, and sleeves, the royal accessorized with a string of pearls and what Tatler<\/a> called a hidden second necklace that doubles as \u201cPerhaps the Queen\u2019s most personal piece of jewelry.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Queen Camilla on February 3, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n The necklace features a ruby on one side\u2014representing Camilla\u2019s July birthstone\u2014and on the other side, the initials of her five grandchildren are engraved. Camilla has three grandsons and two granddaughters, the children of her children, Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes, whom she shares with ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles. The pendant features the letters L, F, G, L, and E, which stands for her grandkids\u2019 names of Lola, Freddy, Gus, Eliza, and Louis.\n<\/p>\n \u201cYou know the nice thing about being a grandmother is that you can spoil them occasionally, give them more of the things that their parents forbid them to have,\u201d Camilla told British Vogue in 2022. \u201cThe girls are beginning to get into clothes and makeup and, you know, it\u2019s rather frightening when you see them, coming out with pierced ears and a lot of new makeup and funny-colored hair and stuff.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Queen Camilla wearing a hidden necklace that doubles as a tribute to her grandkids.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n King Charles<\/a>, too, is adored by Camilla\u2019s grandkids, with Camilla telling The Daily Mail that the monarch \u201creads them Harry Potter,\u201d adding that \u201che does all the voices, because he is a brilliant mimic. They sit spellbound.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Sara Parker Bowles\u2014Camilla\u2019s former daughter-in-law who was married to Tom from 2005 to 2018 and with whom she shares Lola and Freddy\u2014told The Times<\/a> of Charles and Camilla\u2019s 2023 coronation that Camilla was \u201creally, really nervous. She wanted the people that she loved around her. [The King] wasn\u2019t nervous at all. But Camilla didn\u2019t ask for any of this.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s the human face of the royal family, because she\u2019s not part of it,\u201d she added. \u201cYou need those outsiders, really.\u201d\n<\/p>\n While speaking on the U.K. talk show Lorraine, Sara said of Camilla, \u201cShe\u2019s an amazing granny. She\u2019s really hands-on, and she\u2019s really into it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Queen Camilla at St. James’s Palace on February 3, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n