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Regal and Relatable: Queen Camilla's Grandkids 'Utterly Adore' King Charles and Have the Sweetest Nickname for Monarch

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Source: MEGA

King Charles III is 'adored' by his step-grandchildren.

Oct. 3 2024, Published 5:39 p.m. ET

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Queen Camilla's son, Tom Parker-Bowles, 49, revealed that his children affectionately refer to their step-grandfather, King Charles III, as "Uppa," while Her Majesty is known as "Gaga."

"All of our children — my sister’s children too — have grown up with Gaga and Uppa. They've grown up from an early age, knowing no different. [They know] Gaga as Gaga, and that she's a really great grandmother who occasionally spoils them in a good way," the food writer told People.

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla, with Tom Parker-Bowles, at Royal Ascot 2023.

"They adore her," he added. "My daughter and my niece are at the age now where they ring her and text her, and are very happy doing their own thing together."

He said of His Majesty, "They adore the King because he is such a good, nice man. He has been a wonderful step-grandfather too; he has his own grandchildren, obviously. The children utterly adore him. From an early age, he’s read them stories, been there, and swung them around."

The Queen is surrounded by both grandchildren and step-grandchildren stemming from her marriage to Andrew Parker-Bowles, and later, Charles III. A charming report from 2016 recently resurfaced, which shared how the then-Duchess of Cornwall was also nicknamed "Gaga" by one of the young royals!

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Queen Camilla received an adorable nickname.

The name is apparently a reference to none other than Lady Gaga, whom the future queen met at the Royal Variety Performance in December of that year. Upon meeting the "Paparazzi" singer, HRH told her, "My own grandchildren call me Gaga. I don’t know if it’s because they think I am! It is funny but is still very sweet."

Although any sort of resemblance between the future queen and the provocative pop star is enough to make anyone scratch their heads, the nickname is certainly adorable!

The report further revealed that it is not known specifically which grandchild or step-grandchild gave her the name, it is believed Prince George is the culprit. Princess Charlotte was nearing the age of two at the time, and Princes Louis and Archie, along with Princess Lilibet Diana were not yet born. Some reports claim she could have very well been referring to one of her grandchildren and not the royals.

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Source: MEGA

King Charles III is also seen as a 'modernizing monarch.'

This smile-inducing resurfaced story comes amid reports praising the Queen for how she is succeeding in her role as the consort to the King.

"I think she might have surprised herself by enjoying hard work as much as she seems to be doing!" former royal correspondent Jennie Bond exclaimed.

The former Camilla Shand always moved in aristocratic, and eventually, royal circles beginning in the 1960s. She first met the then-Prince Charles in 1970 and a royal romance for the ages began. Her Majesty's love for her King has always been highlighted, with Bond adding: "I think part of it is because she so much wants the man she loves to be proud of her, and to pull her weight in their partnership."

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Kate Middleton was one of the first royals to embrace Queen Camilla.

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