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January 26, 2012 5:08 PM

I heard somebody today use the phrase "American Camilla". What are they talking about?
posted by CollectiveMind to Society & Culture (6 answers total)

I can't be sure without a little context, but my guess is they were referring to Camill Parker-Bowles, married to Prince Charles of England.
posted by jacalata at 5:09 PM on January 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

Callista Gingrich, America's Camilla Parker-Bowles?
posted by flex at 5:12 PM on January 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

This is what one of the links from a google search says. (search term: "America's Camilla")
posted by foxjacket at 5:13 PM on January 26, 2012

Also, cause I'm a huge nerd (from Wikipedia) "The Camarilla is a fictional sect of vampires in Vampire: The Masquerade. The Camarilla are composed of seven clans, and are the largest organization of vampires, and possibly of any supernatural creatures, in the World of Darkness."
posted by Jacen at 6:02 AM on January 27, 2012

The context would be helpful but I would think that Camilla Parker-Bowles reference is right on and Callista Gingrich seems to fit the bill very well.
posted by MyMind at 10:32 AM on January 28, 2012

Was this perhaps in the context of vampire novels? If so, Carmilla is a French novel originally serialized in 1872 that partially inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

It's a total long-shot guess, but why not.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 2:50 PM on January 28, 2012