Tom Parker Bowles joked there would be a “revolution” if he were to be named prince.
Queen Camilla’s son expressed his belief that it would have been an “appalling” decision if he had received a title when his stepfather, King Charles, ascended the throne in 2023, stating it would have set back the monarchy by decades.
In a light-hearted conversation with the Good Food Podcast, Tom quipped that he has retained his “original name,” adding, “I tell you, that would be the quickest way to revolution.
“I think we’re a fairly balanced and sober and sensible country on the whole. But if I suddenly became a prince, I think that Buckingham Palace gates would be stormed. It would be appalling. I think that would put back the long and glorious cause of the monarchy in Britain by many years.”
The 50-year-old food writer, who is the eldest child of Queen Camilla and her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles, lauded the King as a “fountain of knowledge” and a “hero of British farmers.”
“He has forgotten more than I will ever know,” he added.
Tom also shared the “incredible” experience of getting to hold the Crown Jewels when Charles and Camilla were preparing for the coronation ceremony.
He said, “They had some of the Crown Jewels, because the King and my mother had to practise carrying [them] … and it was just, I think it was the sceptre, or the diadem, I can’t remember.
“Anyway, just to hold it briefly was – you’re holding history, you’re holding 800 or 900 years of history, it’s incredible.”
Restaurant critic Tom Parker Bowles and his sister Laura Lopes were raised in a “very traditional” manner in Wiltshire, with Tom lauding their mother Camilla as an excellent “natural” cook.
He shared, “I had a very traditional – albeit very happy and privileged – upbringing. It was a classic, comfortable English upbringing.”
When asked about his mother’s cooking, he added, “She’s a great cook, a natural cook, and there weren’t many spices… it was very, very traditional. I grew up in Wiltshire in the ’70s and early ’80s. We’d have English food.”
When questioned if being around the royal family had “changed his tastes,” he responded, “Not really, no.”
Tom was married to his only wife, Sara Parker Bowles, between 2005 and 2018, and they share one daughter, Lola, 18, who is in her final year of sixth form.
Queen Camilla’s only son has also had an illustrious career, writing nine cookbooks and winning the Guild of Food Writers 2010 award for his writings on British food.
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