• Tom Parker Bowles joked that the gates of Buckingham Palace “would be stormed” if he became a prince.
  • The food writer is the son of Queen Camilla and her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles.
  • Tom was 30 when his mother married into the British royal family back in 2005.

Tom Parker Bowles famously has no illusions about what his mother Queen Camilla’s marriage to King Charles means for his own relevance to the British royal family. Case in point: the food writer recently appeared on Samuel Goldsmith’s “Good Food” podcast and joked that some kind of “revolution” would take place if he became a prince.

“I think we’re fairly balanced and sober and sensible country on the whole, but if I suddenly became prince, I think Buckingham Palace gates would be stormed,” Parker Bowles said. “It would be appalling. Really, no… I think that would put back the long and glorious cause of the monarchy in Britain by many years, no.”

Queen Camilla with her son Tom Parker Bowles at his book launch party in 2006.

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Goldsmith then quipped that Parker Bowles “might get [his] own Netflix show” if he were granted a title, to which his guest replied, “I wouldn’t mind that!”

Tom Parker Bowles at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards in 2024.

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Parker Bowles is the son of Queen Camilla and her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles. The former couple also share a daughter named Laura Lopes. The kids were 30 and 27, respectively, when their mother married then-Prince Charles in April 2005 at Windsor Guildhall.

King Charles and Queen Camilla on their wedding day with Prince Harry, Prince William, Tom Parker Bowles, and Laura Lopes.

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Since then, Tom has spoken positively about the realities of “blended families,” adding that his children “adore” King Charles, who has been a “wonderful step-grandfather” to his own kids, Lola and Freddy. The kids even have special nicknames for their grandparents.

“All of our children—my sister’s children, too—have grown up with Gaga and Uppa,” Tom explained. “They’ve grown up from an early age knowing no different. [They know] Gaga as Gaga, and that she’s a really great grandmother who occasionally spoils them in a good way.”

Queen Camilla and Tom Parker Bowles at Clarence House in 2025.

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The author also once again acknowledged his position with regard to the Firm. “We are married in, we are not the royal family,” Tom added in the same People interview. “I find everyone incredibly nice and friendly and we’ve know them all for a long time. It does seem natural.”