Among the more than 2,000 guests at the coronation of Carlos III, the children and grandchildren that Queen Camila had with her first husband, Andrew Parker Bowles, were expected to attend, but this Monday The Times has revealed that he will also be among those attending the the ceremony on June 6. Despite being an unexpected guest, he is not surprised that he attends because of his many ties to the British royal family.
Not only was he married to Queen Camila for 22 years and he is the grandfather of a large part of the royal pages that will accompany the king and queen at the ceremony, he also maintains a good relationship with Carlos III, he was an old love of Princess Ana and is the godfather of his daughter, Zara Tindall. Something also noteworthy is that in October 2022, and according to what was published at the time, Queen Camila asked her ex-husband to represent her at an official engagement, which was the funeral of John Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth II's second cousin. .
A friend of Parker Bowles assures the aforementioned medium that Queen Camilla and her ex-husband have always been very close and that they "have lunch together frequently." The couple had two children, Thomas Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes (née Parker Bowles), and separated in 1995, the same year that Lady Di famously uttered the phrase "In my marriage there were three of us", which caused a huge scandal in the British crown, rumors of the long-running romance between the then Prince of Wales and his current wife were taken for granted.
One that has been left off the list despite having multiple ties to the British royal family is Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew's ex-wife, who will not be there on coronation day but has been invited by Charles III to the coronation concert which will take place in Windsor the following day. The one who is not expected in any of the acts is Meghan Markle, Prince Enrique's wife has decided to stay in California and thus celebrate the four years of her son, who celebrates them on the same day of the coronation. For his part, Enrique is only expected at Westminster Abbey and at no other act.
Among the foreign dignitaries who will attend the coronation will be Kings Felipe and Letizia, as well as other members of royalty, thus breaking the tradition that foreign reigning monarchs do not attend the coronation of British kings. Unlike Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia will not be present as Buckingham Palace has only invited heads of state and Commonwealth leaders to the ceremony. The President of the United States, Joe Biden, will not attend, and in his place the First Lady, Jill Biden, will represent him. Diana's family from Wales, whose head of the family, Charles Spencer, is the uncle of the , is also not expected to attend.
