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Queen Camilla and her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles were all smiles on Thursday night as they gathered to celebrate the launch of their son's royal cookbook.
The couple, who were married for 22 years before Camilla's union with the King, appeared to remain on the friendliest of terms as they celebrated the launch of Tom Parker Bowles' ninth book.
Dressed in a monochrome polka dot maxi dress, the Queen beamed as the entire family, including her daughter, Laura Lopes, 46, and sister Annabel Eliot, 75, gathered at the event in London.
Guests at The Audley pub in Mayfair tucked into Scotch eggs and Coronation chicken sandwiches, and ditched pints of beer in favour of ice-cold negronis and glasses of crisp white wine.
Also pictured at the trendy bar were British Vogue editor Chioma Nnadi, Camilla's niece Louisa and Andrew's brother Simon Parker Bowles.
The food critic's latest book, Cooking and The Crown: Royal Recipes From Queen Victoria To King Charles III, is out September 26.
Some iconic recipes eaten by the royal family since the 19th century will be included, including Queen Camilla's porridge, George V's curry, the King's wet martini and Princess Elizabeth's glazed bombe.
Guests studied the recipes as they waited for Tom to sign their copy. During his speech, the food critic heartily thanked King Charles and Camilla for their support while they worked on the recipes.
Meanwhile, Camilla, 77, and Andrew, 84, are said to still be “joined at the hip” despite a sometimes turbulent marriage.
Camilla and Charles famously had an affair during their respective marriages to Diana and Andrew, who was also known to be “very naughty with women.”
Charles and Diana announced their separation in 1992, while Camilla and Andrew divorced in 1995, saying in a statement: “Throughout our marriage we have always tended to follow quite different interests, but in recent years we have led entirely separate lives.”
Charles and Camilla married in 2005, 35 years after they originally met, while Andrew remarried the following year.
Camilla and Andrew share two children, Tom, 49, and artist Laura, 46, and their family remains close despite the torrent of press attention they have faced.
“They are very close,” a friend of Parker Bowles told The Sunday Times in April 2023. “He organises a lot of things for her. They have lunch together all the time. He is there. He was always, and still is, Camilla’s partner in crime.”
The former army brigadier, who is now dating former The Weakest Link presenter Anne Robinson, was even invited to the king's coronation and Camilla and Charles' wedding.
Their partnership seemed to be working out well on Thursday night when they joined other celebrities at the book's exclusive launch.
The Queen was all smiles as she chatted to her beloved sister, who had been employed by Charles and Camilla for two decades as their interior designer during their tenure at Clarence House.
Other guests included Freddie Windsor, Jemima Khan, Maureen Lipman and Charlotte Tilbury.
