Queen Camilla’s son has spoken of the ‘two-year hell’ that his mother and the King have suffered as a result of their significant health problems.
Food critic Tom Parker Bowles, 49, said he planned to spend his first Christmas at Sandringham later this month as Camilla recovers from a bout of pneumonia and amid King Charles’ battle with an undisclosed form of cancer. .
Describing his mother as a “resilient woman”, the Mail on Sunday writer suggested the royal couple had experienced considerable hardship, which had left him contemplating his “mortality”.
“My mother said, ‘I’d love for you to come, it’s been a long time since I’ve had Christmas with you,'” he said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.
“It has been two hellish years for them. The older you get, the more aware you become of mortality, especially illness and such.’
Parker Bowles added that her mother hated being kept away from her duties as queen. He also previously revealed that the King’s treatment was going “well.”
“She (Camilla) went back to work earlier than she should, but she’s fine,” he said. ‘She hates that she missed Remembrance Sunday. That’s a big day for her. She just keeps going.’
Food critic Tom Parker Bowles, 49, pictured, said he planned to spend his first Christmas at Sandringham later this month as Camilla recovers from a bout of pneumonia and amid King Charles’ battle with cancer .
Describing his mother as a “resilient woman”, the Mail on Sunday writer suggested the royal couple, pictured, had experienced considerable hardship.
The interview, to promote their new book of royal recipes, comes as the King and Queen release their annual Christmas card today.
He also touched on his father, Andrew Parker Bowles, who is now said to be dating former The Weakest Link host Anne Robinson.
Even though Robinson confirmed their romance, Parker Bowles said, “He says they’re just friends, and I’ll take his word for it.” But there is still life in the old dog.
The interview, to promote their new book of royal recipes, comes as the King and Queen released their annual Christmas card today.
It shows the royal couple standing in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in April in an image taken to celebrate the first anniversary of the Coronation.
Cooking And The Crown: Royal Recipes from Queen Victoria to King Charles III’ by Tom Parker Bowles is published by Aster, £30.