Before marrying King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla was married for 22 years to Andrew Parker Bowles. A man she quarreled with Princess Anne, who also had her sights set on the former British Army officer.
Unexpectedly, Queen Consort Camilla and Princess Royal Anne have several things in common. Among them, a man. In 2005, King Charles III finally married Camilla Parker Bowles after years of waiting and an extramarital affair that nothing could stop. After meeting at a polo match, the crown prince at the time fell in love with this mischievous young woman, but not from an aristocratic family, therefore, not suitable for him to marry. If this was not an obstacle to their love, they nevertheless decided to marry each on their side, King Charles with Lady Diana, and Camilla with Andrew Parker Bowles. An officer of the Royal Horse-Guards with whom she had had a relationship for several years, and who before her dated a very famous crowned head: princess Anne.
It was in 1970 that the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip met, at the age of 20, Andrew Parker Bowles. Then begins between them a bond nourished by their common passion for horse riding, of which Princess Anne was then a prodigy. However, this one will unfortunately end for a sad religious issue. Raised in the Catholic faith, Andrew Parker Bowles quickly ruled out the possibility of marriage to a member of the Windsor clan, who is Anglican. This hindered their love, but not their friendship, since even today the two exes are still very good friends and even regularly appear together at equestrian events. The ex-husband of Camilla Parker Bowles is even one of the godfathers of Zara Philips, the daughter that Princess Anne had with her first husband, Mark Philips.
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