Grandmother claims Duchess of Cornwall look stops strangers in the street
New York trial hears of ‘mistress’ attack on Camilla
A different interpretation of the same story:
Brooke Astor ‘congratulated’ Camilla Parker Bowles
Either way, the future Duchess of Cornwall reportedly responded politely, according to the New York Post:
“She laughed,” at Astor’s “mistress business” remark, [witness Vartan Gregorian] remembered. “Gracious.”
(Warning: When I looked at the New York Post article it contained a pop-up ad that disabled my browser, but here’s a link if you want to try it yourself.)
Mar 312009
Earlier this month, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited London’s Swaminarayan School and Neasden Temple to mark the Hindu festival of Holi.
Mar 222008
“After his exotic food adventures, Tom Parker Bowles still likes his mother’s chicken.”
Tom Parker Bowles is the author of E is for Eating and The Year of Eating Dangerously.
Aug 182007
This article caught my eye because it repeats the old story about Princess Diana fans throwing bread rolls at Prince Charles’s then-mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles (who, of course, is now his second wife).
The article says Camilla’s supposed bread-pelting was due to “anger at Diana’s death.” But I heard this story BEFORE Diana’s death! I remember being told about it in an online chat room by Diana fans who weren’t angry at all. They were simply amused by the rumor (OK, very amused), and they hoped that Diana had heard about it, too.
I don’t know if the infamous Supermarket Incident ever happened, but the way this story is apparently being used today — as evidence that Camilla was treated as a scapegoat after Diana’s death — makes me suspect that it didn’t happen at all, that it’s a legend like Marie Antoinette’s famous non-quote, “Let them eat cake.”
But it appears that possibly someone really did say, “Let them eat cake,” or words to that effect. It just wasn’t Marie Antoinette. So who knows: Maybe the Supermarket Incident did happen, but Charles and Camilla were the ones in that supermarket, pelting Princess Diana with bread rolls. Uh oh. I hope I didn’t just start another rumor.
Jul 282007
From Marilyn’s Royal Blog: a shrewd assessment of
The Camilla non-issue
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