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Camilla invites ex-husband to coronation, but it could be awkward for Princess Anne

Queen Consort Camilla's ex husband, Andrew Parker Bowles, is set to be in attendance to watch her and new husband, King Charles, be officially crowned next month.

Andrew was married to Camilla for 22 years, from 1972 to 1995, and is set to be going to the ceremony, and his grandchildren will even play a role in the celebrations, reports the Mirror.

Friends of the 83-year-old has noted that he is "a bit of a rogue" and "very naughty with women", according to a source who spoke to The Times.

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Another awkward note is that Andrew once had a brief romance with Charles' sister, Princess Anne - but the pair reportedly still remain as close pals.

Andrew's grandchildren, Freddy, 13, and twin boys Gus and Louis, also 13, will carry Camilla's train of robes.

According to the newspaper, a friend of the Parker Bowles family said: "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.”

Camilla and Andrew have two kids together, art curator Laura Lopes and food critic, Tom Parker Bowles.

Charles and Andrew are also good friends, and they even played polo on the same team back in the day. Andrew, who is a retired army officer, is used to attending royal events involving his ex-wifes new man, and was present at both of Charles' weddings.

He was even present at Charles and Camilla's wedding at a private ceremony at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, in 2005.

And in 1953, Andrew was a young teenager involved in the later Queen's coronation, as a page. He told the Daily Mail: "My mother was a good friend of the Duke of Norfolk. The Lord Chancellor had no children, so Bernard Norfolk suggested me to Lord Simonds.

"I have to say that he was the nicest man alive and gave me a very nice set of cufflinks."

Recalling a sword fight that broke out in rehearsal, Andrew said: "All of the pages had these little swords. If a group of bored small boys all have swords, you know what’s going to happen."

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