Camilla greets ex-husband as she attends annual Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire
Camilla greets ex-husband as she attends annual Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire
Ted HennesseyMon, May 11, 2026 at 5:33 AM UTC
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Queen Camilla awarding rosettes to the Ebony Horse Club on day two of the Badminton Horse Trials 2026 at The Badminton Estate, Gloucestershire. (PA)
Queen Camilla greeted her ex-husband, Andrew Parker Bowles, while attending the annual Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire on Friday. She was there to meet members of the Ebony Horse Club, of which she is president.
Speaking with broadcaster Clare Balding at the event, Camilla said she "was so moved" when she first discovered the club "quite a few years ago".
During her visit, she met volunteers from the club’s riding school in Brixton, south London, which provides riding lessons, workshops and youth support for disadvantaged young people, and is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
The Queen spoke with a group of young people from the club, including a teenager who demonstrated a horse simulator.
Camilla awarding rosettes to the Ebony Horse Club (David Davies/PA)
She was offered the controls herself before entering the event arena to watch four young riders perform a musical ride to London Calling by The Clash.
Camilla presented the quartet and their ponies with rosettes.
The Queen also spoke with six-time winner of the Badminton event Lucinda Green, and greeted Mr Parker Bowles during a reception.
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The couple married in 1973 and had two children, Tom and Laura, before divorcing in 1995.
Queen Camilla and the Duchess of Gloucester (right) view exhibits at the opening of the Monarchy exhibition at The Fan Museum in south-east London (Yui Mok/PA) (PA Wire)
Last week The Queen was given the fan from her official coronation portrait to commemorate her historic crowning.
Camilla opened The Fan Museum’s new Monarchy exhibition in Greenwich, south-east London, on Thursday as part of her role as its patron.
She revealed how she could not wait to see the specially-made creation, describing it as “so beautiful” and saying she would use it on “special occasions”.
It features the Queen’s favourite flowers, butterflies, and her birthday star constellation, as well as a dragon fly which represents George and the Dragon.
The visit took place the day after the third anniversary of the King and Queen’s coronation which saw the monarch and his consort crowned and anointed in a deeply religious ceremony in Westminster Abbey on May 6 2023.
Camilla had also given the museum some fans from her own collection, which she remarked left “a few little spaces” back at Clarence House.
The Queen joked that she looked “forward to getting them back again”.
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
