Queen Camilla has invited her ex-husband to the Coronation. As King Charles and the Queen Consort are crowned at Westminster Abbey May 6, Andrew Parker Bowles, who was married to Camilla for 22 years from 1972 to 1995, will be there, reports The Mirror.
The former husband of Camilla, the Queen Consort, has been invited to watch the grand occasion - and his grandchildren will even play a central role. Friends of the 83-year-old said he is "a bit of a rogue" and "very naughty with women", according to a source who spoke to The Times.
Andrew also once had a brief romance with Princess Anne, but the two reportedly remain close friends. His grandchildren Freddy, 13, and twin boys Gus and Louis, also 13, will carry the train of Camilla's robes.
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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 share two children together with food critic Tom Parker Bowles born in 1974 and art curator Laura Lopes.
Charles and Andrew's relationship goes back several decades and they even played polo on the same team.
The retired army officer is well used to major royal events involving Charles and he was present at both of his weddings. Charles married Princess Diana in a ceremony watched by millions around the world.
He was even present at Charles and Camilla's wedding at a private ceremony at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, in 2005.
In 1953, the charismatic young teenager was involved in the coronation of the late Queen as a page.
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