Queen Camilla invites ex-husband who had romance with Princess Anne to Coronation
23.04.2023 - 09:43
/ ok.co.uk
Queen Camilla has invited her ex-husband Andrew Parker-Bowles - who's also had a romance with Princess Anne - to the Coronation on 6 May. Camilla, 75, and Andrew, 83, were married from 1972 to 1995, spanning a total of 22 years, and they share two children, Tom Parker-Bowles and Laura Lopes, as well as three grandchildren together. Despite being divorced, the pair are thought to still share a cordial bond, and Andrew and King Charles both know each other too.
Charles' sister Princess Anne and Andrew are thought to have enjoyed a brief romance starting in 1970, when Anne was just 19 years old, before he went on to marry Camilla. Camilla and Andrew's grandchildren Freddy, 13, and twin boys Gus and Louis, also 13, will have a prominent role in the Coronation, as they will carry the train of Camilla's robes. A source told The Times: "They are joined at the hip.
He arranges so much for her.They have lunch together the whole time. He’s right in there. He was always, and still is, Camilla’s co-conspirator." Camilla's close friend the Marchioness of Lansdowne, said: "Everybody loves Andrew.
He’s a real charmer but he’s always terribly misbehaving. "Andrew will ring her up and tell her when she’s got something wrong and she’ll ring him up and say when he’s misbehaving.Through adversity, they’ve kept a really good family ethic. It helps with their children and grandchildren.” OK! has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment.
King Charles and Andrew have known each other for decades, with both of them previously playing on the same polo team. Andrew's closeness to Britain's most senior royals is such that he attended Charles and Camilla's wedding at a private ceremony at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, in 2005. He was also
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