The Duchess of Cornwall has been given planning permission to extend her country mansion to create space for her grandchildren to stay.

Camilla, 61, wants to build an additional bedroom and bathroom at Ray Mill House so her granddaughters, toddlers Lola and Eliza, can sleep over.

The proposals were agreed on Tuesday night by councillors on the development control committee at Wiltshire County Council.

The extension will include a new attic staircase at the six-bedroom property.

Camilla bought Ray Mill House in Reybridge for GBP850,000 after her divorce from Andrew Parker Bowles in 1995 but rarely stays at the 27-acre property since marrying the Prince of Wales in April 2005.

After no objections were received, the planning application was granted because planners said it would preserve the Grade II-listed building, thought to be worth around GBP2 million.

Lola, 18 months old, is the daughter of Camilla's son Tom Parker Bowles and his wife Sara, and 15-month-old Eliza is the first child of her daughter Laura and husband Harry Lopes.