Camilla's son said she had no 'end game' planned when she and King Charles tied the knot: 'She married the person she loved'
- On May 6, Camilla will be crowned in a sacred ceremony alongside King Charles.
- It's the first time a consort, a term for the spouse of a monarch, has been crowned since 1937.
The son of Camilla, the Queen Consort, said his mother never anticipated what her role in the monarchy would eventually become when she and King Charles got married in 2005.
Tom Parker Bowles, Camilla's son with her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles, opened up about his mother's journey within the royal institution and the upcoming coronation on Thursday's episode of "The News Agents" podcast.
Parker Bowles, a 48-year-old food critic and writer, addressed speculation that his mother had a plan to become queen when she and Charles tied the knot while speaking to hosts Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, and Lewis Goodall.
At the time of their wedding, Camilla, 75, had been divorced from her first husband for 10 years. Meanwhile, Charles, 74, had been divorced from Princess Diana – who died in 1997 – for nine years.
"Change happens but I don't care what anyone says, this wasn't any sort of end game," Parker Bowles said of his mother. "She married the person she loved and this is what happened."
In October, Buckingham Palace announced that Camilla would be crowned alongside Charles at the coronation on May 6 in a traditional ceremony that would also "reflect the monarch's role today and look towards the future."
She will be the first consort, a term used to describe the spouse of a sovereign, to be crowned at a British coronation since 1937, when Queen Elizabeth's mother, the Queen Mother, was crowned alongside her husband, King George VI, according to the Royal Collection Trust (RCT).
Despite his mother becoming Queen Camilla after the coronation in May, Parker Bowles said that there are no plans for him to receive any sort of title change.
"That would be appalling," he said on the podcast. "You're not going to find us with sort of great estates and being called the Duke of whatever."
He also joked that there would be a "revolution" in the UK if he were to receive a title due to his mother's coronation.
Even so, Parker Bowles confirmed that he and his family will be in attendance to support Camilla at the upcoming ceremony. He added that his 13-year-old son, Freddy Parker Bowles, is one of the eight pageboys assisting the king and the queen throughout the coronation. Prince George, 9, has been confirmed as the Page of Honour for the coronation, Tatler reports.
But asked if he thinks Camilla is nervous in any way about the coronation, Parker Bowles was quick to note her resilience.
"I'd be terrified if I'd have to walk up wearing ancient robes," Parker Bowles said. "Anyone would be anxious in an occasion of this sort of importance."
However, he added that Camilla is somewhat of a veteran when it comes to royal events and fulfilling her duties. "She's tough, my mother," he said. "It's tough to do it but she's never complained, she'll just do it."