Royal honour for Camilla

The Queen has appointed the Duchess of Cornwall to the highest female rank in the Royal Victorian Order, Buckingham Palace.

The announcement yesterday that Camilla has been made a Dame Grand Cross comes on the day of the seventh wedding anniversary of Camilla and Prince of Wales.

The royals wed on April 9, 2005, after spending a number of years as a couple.

Once seen as the other woman in the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales she has become an integral member of the Royal Family.