Emma Parker Bowles daughter of Richard Eustace Parker Bowles and Camilla Younger (The Countess of Halifax) is the niece of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

Educated at Queen Margaret's School, York

Queen Margaret's School, York

Queen Margaret's, York is an independent day and boarding school for girls age 11–18 in Escrick Park near York. The school was named after Queen Margaret the Queen of Scotland from c.1070–1093.-History:...

, she then became a model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

. Parker Bowles is a motoring correspondent for Britain's Top Gear Magazine

Top Gear (magazine)

Top Gear is an automobile magazine published by BBC Worldwide, and named after the BBC's Top Gear television show. It was first published in October 1993 and is published monthly at a price of £3.95. The major presenters of the television series—Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson—are...

, The Sun

The Sun (newspaper)

The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...

newspaper and Tatler

Tatler

Tatler has been the name of several British journals and magazines, each of which has viewed itself as the successor of the original literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele in 1709. The current incarnation, founded in 1901, is a glossy magazine published by Condé Nast Publications...

. She is a presenter on British TV programme Vroom Vroom

Vroom Vroom

See also Vrooom Vrooom, a live album by King CrimsonSee also TapirVroom Vroom was a British television series. shown on Sky One. The presenters were Brendan Coogan , Jon Desborough , Lisa Rogers , and Emma Parker Bowles...

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When younger she was treated for addiction to drink and drugs, and was a client of celebrity motoring lawyer Nick Freeman

Nick Freeman

Nick Freeman is an English solicitor. Freeman is the owner of Manchester based legal practice Freeman & Co., and is best known as a celebrity defence lawyer, specialising in traffic and speeding offences.He has been nicknamed "Mr...

. She has stated that she suffers from bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic–depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or...

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