Queen Camilla reveals surprising past job at Wimbledon: ‘Quite difficult’
nypost.comthe Telegraph. “I remember doing it 100 years ago at Queen’s (Club). It is quite difficult.”And she’s right — handling the balls during a tennis match can be a difficult job.According to the Washington Post, people who want to work the courts during the U.S.
Open are required to perform “rigorous” sets of drills to prove they have what it takes. During the visit, Queen Camilla was not joined by her husband, King Charles, but instead was accompanied by her sister, Annabel Elliot, 74.So far this year, the king has not been pictured courtside at the big-four major championship.
The monarch sported a white tunic dress adorned with black striped piping, as well as a pair of aviator sunglasses and a signature clover bracelet from designer Van Cleef & Arpels.Queen Camilla also opened up more about her tennis past during Wimbledon in 2013, jokingly revealing that she used to play the sport but now felt “too old,” per the Telegraph.That conversation started after commentator and three-time Wimbledon champ John McEnroe asked her whether she played.“Oh, very badly … I would love to start again but maybe I’m too old,” she responded at the time.However, being a queen and a ball girl are not the only jobs that Camilla has held over the years.She once worked as a secretary for various firms in London’s West End, per Hello!
Magazine, and she was also employed at Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, a decorating firm in Mayfair, London. In college, she studied French language and literature at the Institut Britannique in Paris, the outlet reported.Now, Queen Camilla fulfills her royal duties alongside her husband, who was officially crowned as King in a grand coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey on May 6.
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