Queen Camilla Calls Her Grandson Louis a 'Handful,' But She Didn't Mean Prince Louis

Mar. 15, 2025

Queen Camillamet her grandson’s name twin during her latest royal outing.

The Queen, 76, traveled to the Isle of Man on Wednesday to confer city status on the Borough of Douglas, where she delivered a speech on behalf ofKing Charlesand presented a letters patent to make it official.

Queen Camilla chatted with well-wishers during a mini walkabout on her way out of Douglas Borough Council, where she met Rachael Hughes and her 15-week-old twins, Louie and Oliver.

“I have a Louis grandson… quite a handful,” the Queen said, according toSky News.

Some royal reports speculated that Queen Camilla was referring toPrince Louis, the 5-year-old son ofPrince WilliamandKate Middletonwho is known to have aspunky side, but Buckingham Palace corrected the record.

Queen Camilla meets members of the public after leaving the Douglas Borough Council on March 20, 2024 in Douglas, Isle of Man.Chris Jackson/Getty

Chris Jackson/Getty

“Buckingham Palace has since clarified that the Queen was referring to grandson Louis Lopes,“Hello!magazinewrote in a footnote to their original story.

Queen Camilla has two children from her first marriage toAndrew Parker Bowlesand is a grandmother of five. Camilla’s daughterLaura Lopesshares twin sons Louis and Gus, 14, and daughter Eliza, 16, with husband Harry Lopes, and her sonTom Parker Bowlesshares son Freddy, 14, and daughter Lola, 16, with ex-wifeSarah Parker Bowles.

Queen Camilla leaves the Douglas Borough Council on March 20, 2024 in Douglas, Isle of Man.Chris Jackson/Getty

The Queen’s children and grandchildren — who have historically kept a low public profile — all attended her coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey in May 2023, where the Queen’s grandsons played an extra special role in the festivities. Louis, Gus and Freddy all slipped into uniforms to act asPages of Honorfor their grandmother during the historic service, where King Charles and Queen Camilla were symbolically crowned seven months after his accession in September 2022. The plans didn’t come without a common childhood hiccup, as theDaily Mailreported that Gusbroke his armshortly before the big day.

Nicholas Barclay, King Charles, Queen Camilla, Freddy Parker Bowles, Louis Lopes, Annabel Elliot, Gus Lopes and Arthur Elliot on the Buckingham Palace balcony following the coronation ceremony on May 6, 2023.Christopher Furlong/Getty

Christopher Furlong/Getty

In awide-ranging interviewwithThe Timesin July, Sara spoke about the iconic photo cameras caught of Freddy’s sincere shock when he stepped onto the palace balcony.

“He wanted to go in the gold carriage, but he didn’t get to. Then his face on the balcony — I could see he was just like, ‘Woah!’ " Sara said of her son’s reaction to what he saw from the terrace. “My favorite part of the whole day was that he did a little wave that he wasn’t supposed to.”

Queen Camilla talks to her grandson Freddy Parker Bowles on the Buckingham Palace balcony following the coronation ceremony on May 6, 2023.LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty

LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty

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While appearing on the U.K. talk showLorrainethe following month, the fashion editor and Wardrobe Revivals founder praised Queen Camilla as atotally devotedgrandmother.

“She’s an amazing granny. She’s really hands-on, and she’s really into it, " Sara said when guest host Christine Lampard asked “what sort of granny” the Queen was.

“She wants to know everything that they’re into. She loves jewelry and she’s really knowledgeable about it. Lola is obsessed as well, so they always chat about that,” she said.

source: people.com