Airport Employee Reveals What She Thought of Queen Camilla After Seeing Her in Washington
Often praised for her radiant appearance, Queen Camilla left an airport employee with many unanswered questions while flying back from the US.
Who would've guessed that Queen Camilla was turning into a royal beauty influencer at 78? Often praised for her healthy and radiant appearance, she left one airport employee stunned with her glowing skin while flying back to London from her US state visit. The woman, who helped check in the Queen's baggage, later told editor Rebecca English she was so impressed by Camilla's luminous look that she wanted to try her beauty routine herself.
Speaking on the Daily Mail's Palace Confidential podcast, English fondly recalled her conversation with the British Airways staff member in Washington, D.C., after the state visit. She noted that although King Charles had left Washington for Bermuda, Camilla had flown back to the UK commercially. She spoke of the employee, saying, "The next day I was flying back from Washington myself, and when I got to the BA check-in desk, the very friendly lady said, 'What have you been hearing about? Work? Pleasure?' I was telling her I was covering the royal trip, and she went 'Ah! We saw Queen Camilla as she walked in yesterday.'"
Adding that the woman must've checked in the Queen's baggage, English claimed the staff member told her, "'We couldn't quite believe it, and she's [Camilla's] got really good skin,' she desperately wanted to chat." She then revealed the lady's curiosity to try out Camilla's beauty regime, as she reportedly asked, "'Has she [Camilla] had anything done? What's her health regimen? What's her skin care regimen like?' She really wanted to chat about it because she was really, really impressed." While Camilla has never spilled her beauty ritual, she's known to be a fan of bee venom facialist Deborah Mitchell, so much so that she awarded her a coveted royal warrant, which may explain her healthy skin.
In the same episode, the royal editor also revealed how another curious person had asked her where the Queen was and why she didn't accompany the King to Bermuda. She explained, "We did actually know from the start that the Queen wasn't going, it was just going to be the King's first solo visit to a British overseas territory as monarch, and he was going to do those two days on his own." She added, "Queen Camilla was always going to be travelling back, and I checked before she did, and I was told she was travelling back commercially, but obviously for security reasons I was asked not to say."
As for Camilla's coveted beauty ritual, her aforementioned facialist, Mitchell, previously told PEOPLE about her role in helping the Queen achieve her radiant look. She said, "I can do a treatment, and so many weeks later, I'll go back and just go, 'Wow,' because she [Camilla] really looks after her skin. I honestly think she is going back in time." According to her, Camilla's favorite product is the $475 Gold Bee Venom cream, which works on tightening and lifting facial muscles and contains the world's rarest bee venom.
