Tom Parker Bowles
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| Born | December 18, 1974 London, England |
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| Other names | Thomas Henry Parker-Bowles |
| 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 |
| Relatives | Laura Parker Bowles (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)[1] 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.
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[edit] Education and career
Parker-Bowles was educated at Summer Fields prep school[2] in Oxford. He then attended Eton College and Worcester College, Oxford, where he was a member of the exclusive and notorious Piers Gaveston Society[3]. Between 1997 and 2000, Parker-Bowles was a junior publicist for Dennis Davidson Associates, a public relations firm.[4] He is currently a food writer for the Mail on Sunday[5] and the magazine Tatler.[6] 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.[7] 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 Quintessentially in 2000 along with Luca del Bono and Aaron Simpson.[6] He currently co-presents Market Kitchen for UKTV Food; his first appearance was on 23 April 2007.[8]
[edit] 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, [6] 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.[4] 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.
[edit] Marriage
On 10 September 2005,[1] 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".[9] Sara gave birth to a daughter, Lola Rosalind, on 9 October 2007 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in Hammersmith just after 5pm.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Tom Parker-Bowles - Biography", IMDb. URL last accessed 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Eating like a king", The Observer. URL last accessed 2007-04-29.
- ^ Mail on Sunday article, 9 July 2000.
- ^ a b People magazine article, 31 May 1999, volume 51, issue 20.
- ^ "Tom Parker-Bowles - The Year of Eating Dangerously", stuff.co.nz. URL last accessed 2007-04-29.
- ^ a b c Top nosh, not too posh", The Observer. URL last accessed 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Tom Parker-Bowles", UKTV Food. URL last accessed 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Market Kitchen", UKTV Food. URL last accessed 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Camilla to be grandmother", Aristocracy Anecdotes. URL last accessed 2007-04-29.
[edit] External links
- Tom Parker Bowles at the Internet Movie Database
- Tom Parker-Bowles at uktv.co.uk
