Eileen Parker was married to Prince Philip's closest friend and aide, Mike Parker, for 15 years. As a young couple, they socialised at parties, the theatre and at home with the newly married Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth.

Is Eileen Parker related to Camilla?

Are Mike and Eileen Parker the parents of Camilla Parker Bowles? No, they are not related to the Duchess of Cornwall, whose parents were Major Bruce Shand and Rosalind Shand. Her father Major Shand was a British Army officer, while her mother was an adoption worker.

Who was Mrs Eileen Parker?

Parker married Eileen Allan in 1943, with whom he had a son and a daughter. The marriage was dissolved in 1958. Eileen wrote a 1982 book called Step Aside for Royalty in which she claimed her husband and the Duke of Edinburgh used the pseudonyms Murgatroyd and Winterbottom to "gallivant out of the palace".