Queen Camilla’s son Tom Parker Bowles’ unusual nickname for King Charles revealed
When it comes to royal family nicknames, the Windsors are a creative bunch, but the Queen’s son, Tom Parker Bowles, has chosen a more traditional moniker for his stepfather, the King.
Food critic and writer Tom, 49, is Camilla’s son from her first marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles.
Camilla, who has known Charles since their younger years, married the then Prince in 2005.
In an interview with The Telegraph in 2012, Tom spoke about his relationship with his stepfather, confirming that he calls Charles “Sir”.
“But it’s not any sort of obligation, it’s just a nickname really, like Bob or Jim,” he told the newspaper at the time. “When we were little, my mother would tell my sister and I that Sir was coming to visit, so the name stuck and to call him anything else would be very odd and unnatural.”
Tom and his sister, Laura Lopes, were among the guests at Charles and Camilla’s wedding and blessing in Windsor, along with their stepbrothers, Prince William and Prince Harry.
Laura shares daughter Eliza and twin sons, Gus and Louis, with her husband, Harry, while Tom has daughter Lola and son Freddy with his ex-wife, Sara Buys.
Gus, Louis and Freddy all acted as pages of honour at the King’s coronation in May 2023
