Guess which stars are following Camilla's (comfortable) footsteps?

Guess which stars are following Camilla's (comfortable) footsteps?

10/02/2022

The Queen of bunion busters! Can you guess which stars are following in Camilla’s (exceedingly comfortable) footsteps with a London-based shoe designer?

They are the fashionable bunion-busters that keep the Queen Consort comfortably on her toes throughout the hundreds of official visits and walkabouts she undertakes every year. 

Now Camilla’s status as a style-setter has inspired a host of celebrities to step out in footwear from London-based Sole Bliss, too. 

Bake Off stars Prue Leith and Dame Mary Berry, Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, tennis coach Judy Murray, screen Dames Helen Mirren and Joanna Lumley, and former Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton are among the celebrities spotted in the brand. 

London-based Sole Bliss are the fashionable bunion-busters that keep the Queen Consort comfortably on her toes throughout  hundreds of official visits and walkabouts every year

Camilla became an unofficial ambassador for the company after reluctantly accepting that her days of heels higher than two inches were behind her when she turned 70. 

She was first seen in a Sole Bliss shoe – a £149 Ingrid camel leather block heel – at the Royal Cornwall Show in 2018. 

‘When I saw a photo online I was so excited I jumped up and knocked over my Aperol Spritz,’ company founder Lisa Kay said. 

Since then, Camilla has bought more than a dozen pairs of their footwear, wearing them on nearly every Royal engagement – including those in the week after the Queen’s death, when she was nursing a broken toe. 

The Queen Consort has even sung the brand’s praises directly. 

Dame Mary recently revealed: ‘I’ve started wearing new high heels recommended to me by the Duchess of Cornwall. I used to buy all my shoes from Russell & Bromley but now I wear these. They’re very good value.’ 

Camilla, 75, was once known for her love of Chanel court shoes, with their classic intertwining CC logos symbolising her relationship with Charles. 


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But she has since revealed that she was often ‘screaming in agony at the end of the day’ and desperate to kick her heels off ‘at every opportunity’. 

Sole Bliss shoes are wider than other brands, and have cushioned soles and deeper toe boxes to help reduce the pain of bunions, which afflict more than a third of women over 30. 

When sales of its more formal shoes nosedived during lockdown, the company added trainers to their range – designed with the help of a team of podiatrists to include an ‘innovative bunion bed’ – widening their appeal even more.

Ms Kay said: ‘We are very grateful to the Queen Consort for her custom and we are delighted to hear that we have been recommended for our comfortable, fashionable shoes.’ 

Now can you match the Sole Bliss shoes to their celebrity owners? See the answers below.


TV presenter Gaby Roslin (A) and Former culture secretary Nadine Dorris (B)


Screen siren Dame Helen Mirren (C) and Great British Bake Off star Prue Leith (D)


Judy Murray, mother of tennis champion Andy Murray (E) and Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton (F) have been spotted wearing Sole Bliss

Great British Bake Off star Dame Mary Berry (G)

 Answers: 

 1. Judy Murray, E 

2. Michelle Heaton, F 

3. Gaby Roslin, A 

4. Dame Mary Berry, 

5. Helen Mirren, C 

6. Prue Leith, D 

7. Nadine Dorries, B

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