The same white hair brushed back, the same piercing blue eyes, we recognize certain features of Queen Camilla.
On March 12, the wife of Charles III received a Barbie doll in her likeness.
“Thank you very much, really very much.
It’s great,” she told representatives from Mattel, the company that makes the toy, who came to Buckingham Palace to give her her doll.
“You took away about 50 years from him!”, the sovereign even joked.
If her Barbie does indeed present the Queen in strong, rejuvenated features, her outfit is nevertheless identical to the one she wore that day: a blue dress by Fiona Clare and a black jacket by Amanda Wakeley.
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The Camilla Parler Bawles Barbie made by Mattel.
(London, March 12, 2024.) ABACA
The meeting between Queen Camilla and her Barbie took place during a reception at Buckingham Palace for Women Of the World (WOW), a foundation chaired by the sovereign and which campaigns for the rights of girls and women. women around the world.
For six months, WOW undertook a bus tour across the United Kingdom, culminating in a visit to the Queen.
The latter was joined by Queen Mathilde of Belgium but also Mel B, the singer of Spice Girl.
Barbie Elizabeth II
Queen Camilla is not the first member of the royal family to receive a Barbie in her image.
In April 2022, Elizabeth II also received hers on the occasion of her 96th birthday and her platinum jubilee, which celebrated her historic 70 years on the throne.
The doll's outfit is inspired by one of the most iconic looks worn by the late monarch: an ivory dress crossed with a blue ribbon adorned with decorations of the orders.
Barbie Elizabeth is of course wearing a tiara, similar to the one the Queen wore during her wedding to Prince Philip.