Tom Parker Bowles

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name = Tom Parker Bowles
other_names = Thomas Henry Parker Bowles
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birth_date = birth date and age|1974|12|18|df=y
birth_place = London, England
occupation = Columnist, television presenter and author
spouse = Sara Buys (2005-present)
children = Lola Parker Bowles (b. 2007)
parents = Andrew Parker Bowles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
relations = Laura Lopes (sister)
Prince William Prince Henry of Wales Henry Pitman William Pitman and Thomas Pitman(stepbrothers)

Thomas Henry Charles "Tom" Parker Bowles (born 18 December, 1974 in London, England)" [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1752202/bio Tom Parker-Bowles - Biography] ", "IMDb". URL last accessed 2007-04-29.] is the son of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (formerly Camilla Parker Bowles) and Andrew Parker Bowles. His stepfather and godfather is HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. His younger sister is Laura Lopes and his stepbrothers are Prince William and Prince Harry of Wales. He is a food columnist and television presenter, as well as the author of two books about food.

Education and career

Parker Bowles was educated at Summer Fields prep school [" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,,1883128,00.html Eating like a king] ", "The Observer". URL last accessed 2007-04-29.] in Oxford. He then attended Eton College and Worcester College, Oxford, where he was a member of the exclusive and notorious Piers Gaveston Society"Mail on Sunday" article, 9 July 2000.] . Between 1997 and 2000, Parker Bowles was a junior publicist for Dennis Davidson Associates, a public relations firm."People" magazine article, 31 May, 1999, volume 51, issue 20.] He is currently a food writer for the "Mail on Sunday" [" [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4017820a7773.html Tom Parker-Bowles - The Year of Eating Dangerously] ", "stuff.co.nz". URL last accessed 2007-04-29.] and the magazine "Tatler". [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,9950,502299,00.html Top nosh, not too posh] ", "The Observer". URL last accessed 2007-04-29.] His first book, published in 2004, was "E Is For Eating - An Alphabet of Greed". His next, "The Year of Eating Dangerously", was published by Ebury in October 2006. [" [http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/Food.item/aid/585475 Tom Parker Bowles] ", "UKTV Food". URL last accessed 2007-04-29.] Writing about his prized recipes appears to be his current focus, but in the late 1990s and into the 21st Century, Parker Bowles was one of a group of Old Etonians who found success in business. He and his cousin Ben Elliot, for example, founded [http://quintessentially.com/ Quintessentially] in 2000 along with Luca del Bono and Aaron Simpson. He currently co-presents "Market Kitchen" for UKTV Food; his first appearance was on 23 April, 2007. [" [http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/Food.episode/listing_id/62273546/channel_id/3850 Market Kitchen] ", "UKTV Food". URL last accessed 2007-04-29.]

Media coverage

His life has been scrutinised by the media because of his mother's long on-off relationship with Prince Charles. In 1999, he was exposed by a tabloid newspaper for taking cocaine at a West End party, and for supplying cocaine to a lady at the Cannes Film Festival. He has claimed he was set up, and it has been reported that it was an undercover journalist, from the "Sunday Times" or "News of the World", who approached him to ask where she could acquire cocaine. The Fleet Street press made much ado about the reality of Parker Bowles being a close friend to Prince William and Prince Harry, even calling Parker Bowles a "mentor" or "role model" for the former.

Marriage

On 10 September 2005, Parker Bowles married Sara G. Buys, a fashion features editor at "Harpers & Queen", daughter of William Buys and ex-wife Caroline, in St. Nicholas' Church, Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, an Anglican church, although Parker Bowles and his sister, Laura, were raised as Roman Catholics, as their father, and particularly their paternal grandmother, the late Dame Ann Parker Bowles (née de Trafford), were Roman Catholics. The wedding was attended by Andrew and Rosemary Parker Bowles (his father and stepmother), his mother and Princes Charles, William and Harry. Ben Elliot (his cousin and business collaborator) was the best man to the groom.

On 18 March 2007, Parker Bowles and his wife announced to the "Daily Mail" that they were expecting a child, due in September 2007. The Duchess of Cornwall was said to be "absolutely over the moon". [" [http://www.aristocracyanecdotes.com/2007/03/18/camilla-to-be-a-grandmother/ Camilla to be grandmother] ", "Aristocracy Anecdotes". URL last accessed 2007-04-29.] Sara gave birth to a daughter, Lola Rosalind, on 9 October 2007 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in Hammersmith just after 5pm. Lola was christened like a royal in a private ceremony in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, where monarchs including Kings Charles II of England and James II of England were baptised.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Tom Parker Bowles
2= 2. Andrew Parker Bowles
3= 3. Camilla Rosemary Shand
4= 4. Derek Henry Parker Bowles
5= 5. Dame Ann de Trafford
6= 6. Bruce Shand
7= 7. The Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt
8= 8. Eustace Parker
9= 9. Wilma Mary Garnault Bowles
10= 10. Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet
11= 11. The Hon. Cynthia Hilda Evelyn Cadogan
12= 12. Philip Morton Shand
13= 13. Edith Marguerite Harrington
14= 14. Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe
15= 15. Sonia Rosemary Keppel
16= 16. The Hon. Algernon Robert Parker
17= 17. Emma Jane Kenyon
18= 18. Henry Ferryman Bowles of Forty Hall, 1st Baronet
19= 19. Florence Broughton
20= 20. Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 3rd Baronet
21= 21. Violet Alice Maude Franklin
22= 22. Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea
23= 23. The Hon. Mildred Cecilia Harriet Sturt
24= 24. Alexander Faulkner Shand
25= 25. Augusta Mary Coates
26= 26. George Woods Harrington
27= 27. Alice Edith Stillman
28= 28. Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe
29= 29. Maud Marianne Calvert
30= 30. The Hon. George Keppel
31= 31. Alice Edmonstone

References

External links

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* [http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/Food.item/aid/585475 Tom Parker Bowles] at uktv.co.uk