Before marrying Camilla, Andrew Parker Bowles dated another woman from the Windsor clan: Princess Anne. A story to which The Mirror returns, this Sunday, September 25.
Could Andrew Parker Bowles' children have been of royal blood? While his first wife, Camilla is queen consort, The Mirror looks back on his romance with another woman from the Windsor clan this Sunday, August 26. Before getting married, the soldier indeed attended Princess Anne. The Princess Royal and the father of the Queen Consort's two children are linked by a common passion: horse riding . Andrew Parker Bowles joined the British Army as part of the Royal Horse-Guards in 1960. He took part in the Grand National horse race in 1969, which is one of the most popular in the United Kingdom.
The only daughter of Elizabeth II is, like her mother, a skilled rider. She thus became the first princess to participate in the Olympic Games in 1976. Despite their abortive relationship and the divorce of the Parker Bowles spouses, Princess Anne and the soldier are still dating. They thus appear regularly together at the famous horse races of Ascot (England). Andrew Parker Bowles is also one of the godfathers of Zara Philips , the Princess Royal's daughter. According to author Bedell Smith in his book Prince Charles, the romance of the two friends was reportedly hampered by the Catholic faith of Andrew Parker Bowles. She ruled out the possibility of a marriage with a member of the Windsor clan, who is Anglican.
Windsors and divorces
Prince Charles and Camilla are dating around the same time as Princess Anne and Andrew Parker Bowles, in the seventies. When the then Prince of Wales leaves for his military service, Camilla, convinced that she will never be Queen, tombe amoureuse de l'officier. Il épouse le 4 juillet 1973. Quelques mois plus tard, le 14 novembre 1973, la princesse Anne dit "oui" devant Dieu au capitaine Mark Philips en l'abbaye de Westminster. Deux couples, qui ne tiendront pas. La princesse Anne divorce 1992, Andrew Parker Bowles en 1995. Une décennie plus tard, les deux amis sont liés par une nouvelle alliance : le mariage de Charles III et de la reine consort. Les rivales devenant ainsi belles-sœurs.