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As reported by the Daily Mail on Thursday, May 30, Charles III and Camilla were recently seen in London, paying a final tribute to a friend. The royal couple ran into Andrew Parker-Bowles, Queen Camilla’s ex-husband.
On Wednesday, May 29, King Charles III and his wife attended the memorial service for Sir John Chippendale Keswick at Saint Paul’s Church in Knightsbridge. Sir Keswick, nicknamed Chips, died in April at the age of 84. The royal couple, there to honor their friend, met another well-known figure.
Andrew Parker-Bowles, Camilla’s ex-husband, was also present. According to the British press, Queen Camilla and her former husband arrived separately. Camilla was accompanied by Charles, while Andrew Parker-Bowles came alone. No information was released about whether they spoke to each other.
On May 23, Camilla attended the funeral of Captain Ian Farquhar alone, a close friend of the King, who died at 78 in March. Andrew Parker-Bowles was also present at this ceremony, and the former spouses were seen together. Divorced since 1995, Camilla and Andrew have remained on good terms. In 2005, he attended Camilla and Charles’s wedding, and in May 2023, he was invited to the King’s coronation.
Recently, they found themselves united in grief again for Ian Farquhar’s funeral at Saint Michael & All Angels Church in Gloucestershire. Charles, who has prostate cancer, was absent. Camilla represented the King, supported by her first husband.