<p id=”par-1_60″>Over the years many royal fans have heard about <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/camilla-parker-bowles/?swcfpc=1″>Queen Camilla’s</a> (formerly known as <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/camilla-parker-bowles-was-fired-from-her-posh-job-before-she-married-prince-charles.html/?swcfpc=1″>Camilla Parker Bowles</a>) smoking habit. There have been reports that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/king-charles-tracked-down-gifted-queen-camilla-jewelry-worn-another-famous-royal-family-mistress.html/”>King Charles’s wife</a> has long enjoyed drinking and chain smoking. She started to get a reputation as a heavy drinker, specifically of gin, and a chain smoker due to how she’s been portrayed in shows like <em>The Crown</em> and <em>The Windsors</em>.</p>
<p id=”par-2_46″>The queen’s son, Tom Parker Bowles, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/queen-camillas-son-opens-mothers-reputation-heavy-drinker-chain-smoker-doesnt-always-agree.html/”>disputed those claims</a> in an interview with The Times saying that his mother doesn’t drink or smoke. But after Camilla had to cancel a number of royal engagements due to a chest infection, the rumor mill started spinning again. </p>
<p id=”par-3_27″>During a recent event at the Palace, Queen Camilla’s smoking habits were brought up in conversation and this is what she had to say about that. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-camilla-s-answer-when-asked-about-smoking-cigarettes”>Camilla’s answer when asked about smoking cigarettes</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Then-known-as-Camilla-Parker-Bowles-smoking-a-cigarette-at-the-door-of-her-Reybridge-Mills-home-1.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Then known as Camilla Parker Bowles smoking a cigarette at the door of her Reybridge Mills home” class=”wp-image-3741860″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Then known as Camilla Parker Bowles smoking a cigarette at the door of her Reybridge Mills home | Mathieu Polak/Sygma/ Sygma via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_32″>Queen Camilla returned to her royal duties on Nov. 13, when she and her husband welcomed several TV stars and others in the film industry to Buckingham Palace for a reception. </p>
<p id=”par-5_53″>At the gala, Camilla spoke to director Sir Ridley Scott about his new blockbuster film <em>Gladiator II</em> and apologized for not attending the premiere a day earlier as she was still recovering from the chest infection. The queen explained that she felt awful over the last week but was on the mend. </p>
<p id=”par-6_17″>Camilla was also seen talking to <em>Paddington</em> star Emily Mortimer who she has known for years. </p>
<p id=”par-7_14″>According to the <a href=”https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/queen-camilla-sets-record-straight-34108147″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Mirror</a>, the two women got to chatting about Mortimer’s mother, Penelope. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Queen-Camilla-speaks-to-Emily-Mortimer-during-a-reception-to-mark-the-centenary-of-the-Film-and-TV-charity-at-Buckingham-Palace-1.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Queen Camilla speaks to Emily Mortimer during a reception to mark the centenary of the Film and TV charity at Buckingham Palace” class=”wp-image-3741905″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Queen Camilla speaks to Emily Mortimer during a reception to mark the centenary of the Film and TV charity at Buckingham Palace | Aaron Chown – WPA Pool/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-8_9″>Emily told the queen: “Penny sends her love.” </p>
<p id=”par-9_17″>When Camilla asked how she was doing, Mortimer said: “Oh, she’s still smoking as much as ever.”</p>
<p id=”par-10_20″>The queen then asked, “Oh she’s still on the fags?” to which Emily inquired, “Oh have you quit the fags?”</p>
<p id=”par-11_11″> “Oh yes,” Camilla replied. “I quit 20 years ago.” </p>
<p id=”par-12_14″>The royal is believed to have stopped smoking because Charles hated the habit. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-other-royal-family-members-who-smoked”>Other royal family members who smoked</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-3″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Princess-Margaret-holding-a-cigarette-at-a-Gala-dinner-for-the-AIDS-Crisis-Trust-in-London-1.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Princess Margaret holding a cigarette at a Gala dinner for the AIDS Crisis Trust in London” class=”wp-image-3741856″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Princess Margaret holding a cigarette at a Gala dinner for the AIDS Crisis Trust in London | © Pool Photograph/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-13_45″>Of course, Camilla isn’t the only royal known to have smoked cigarettes. In fact, the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-british-monarch-dies-96.html/”>late Queen Elizabeth</a>‘s father, King George VI, and her sister, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/former-royal-employee-says-princess-margaret-used-her-servants-as-human-ashtrays.html/”>Princess Margaret</a>, both smoked throughout their lives as did many of her other relatives who later died from smoking-related illnesses.</p>
<p id=”par-14_35″>Prince Harry also used to smoke. He started doing so when he was a teenager and reportedly became a pack-a-day smoker of Marlboros. But he kicked the habit when he met his future wife, Meghan Markle.</p>
<p id=”par-15_59″>Harry’s cousin, Princess Eugenie, is also a former smoker. The royal was first snapped with a cigarette in her hand while she was hanging out in Sydney with friends when she was 19. It’s been reported that Eugenie did enjoy a smoke from time to time when she was a teen but hasn’t touched a cigarette in years. </p>