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Queen Camilla’s ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles will be among the guests at Westminster Abbey who'll watch her being crowned next to King Charles at the coronation next month.
In what will surely be a proud moment, the 83-year-old former army colonel will be joined by their two children, Tom Parker Bowles (48) and Laura Lopes (45), and three grandchildren.
Tom’s son Freddy (13) and Laura’s 13-year-old twin boys, Gus and Louis, will serve as pages of honour to their grandmother, along with Camilla’s great-nephew, 10-year-old Arthur Elliot.
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Camilla and Andrew were married for 22 years before divorcing in 1995 amid reports of infidelity on both sides. But they've remained close over the years.
“Andrew will ring her up and tell her when she's got something wrong, and she'll ring him and tell him when he's misbehaving,” says Fiona Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice (68), Marchioness of Lansdowne, who'll serve as one of Camilla’s Ladies in Attendance at the coronation.
According to another close friend, the exes regularly do lunch together.
“He’s right in there. He was always and still is Camilla's co-conspirator.”
Meanwhile, Tom recently spoke out in a rare interview, slamming Prince Harry’s claims about Camilla in his memoir, Spare.
Tom says his mother didn't have any agenda when she married Charles.
“I don’t care what anyone says. This wasn't any sort of end game,” Tom said in a recent episode of the podcast The News Agents. “She married the person she loved.”
The Duke of Sussex sensationally claimed his step-mother was playing the “long game”.
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Royal biographer Andrew Lownie believes Camilla will behave civilly towards Harry at the coronation despite her stepson's claims.
“She'll naturally be hurt but remain dignified. I'm sure she'll behave impeccably towards him in public, whatever her private feelings.”
Sources: dailymail.co.uk, tatler.com, gbnews.com
