Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles was born on 27 December 1939 and is a retired British Army officer.
21 Facts About Andrew Parker Bowles
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Andrew Parker Bowles is the former husband of Queen Camilla, consort of King Charles III.
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Andrew Parker Bowles was born on 27 December 1939 as the eldest of four children to Derek Henry Parker Bowles, who was a great-grandson of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield, and his wife Ann Parker Bowles, daughter of multimillionaire racehorse owner Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet.
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Andrew Parker Bowles's parents were friends of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
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Parker Bowles was a page at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Andrew Parker Bowles is an uncle of Derek Paravicini, a blind autistic savant.
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Andrew Parker Bowles played on Prince Charles' polo team during their younger days.
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Parker Bowles was educated at the Benedictine Ampleforth College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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Andrew Parker Bowles was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards in 1960.
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Andrew Parker Bowles was aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir Bernard Fergusson, in about 1965.
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Parker Bowles was promoted to major on 31 December 1971.
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Andrew Parker Bowles was squadron leader of "B" squadron in 1972 on Operation Motorman in Ulster.
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Andrew Parker Bowles was staff qualified, and became a lieutenant colonel 30 June 1980.
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Andrew Parker Bowles was one of the first to the scene, arriving on foot after hearing the bomb blast, and his orders led to the saving of later famous horse Sefton.
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Parker Bowles dated Princess Anne for a few years, beginning in June 1970.
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In 1973, after an intermittent relationship, Parker Bowles married Camilla Shand in a Roman Catholic ceremony.
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Parker Bowles had numerous extramarital affairs throughout his marriage to Camilla, including with several of Camilla's friends.
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Parker Bowles married his longtime companion Rosemary Alice Pitman in 1996, a year after his divorce from Camilla.
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Andrew Parker Bowles was previously married to Lt Col John Hugh Pitman, with whom she had three sons.
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In 2003, Parker Bowles posed for the painting The Brigadier by Lucian Freud.
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Andrew Parker Bowles was portrayed by Simon Wilson in Whatever Love Means and by Andrew Buchan in The Crown.