Loose Women’s royal seal of approval! Duchess of Cornwall often watches the daytime chat show while she’s not working but steers clear of The Crown, her son Tom Parker Bowles reveals
- Tom Parker Bowles says his mother Camilla is a fan of the ITV daytime chat show
- Appeared on programme to promote his new Fortnum & Mason book about tea
- Admitted he forgot to tell mum about appearance but knew she ‘likes’ the show
- Revealed that neither he or his mother watch Netflix royal drama The Crown
When she’s not busy performing royal duties across the country, it seems the Duchess of Cornwall likes to settle down and watch a bit of daytime TV.
Appearing on ITV today, her son Tom Parker Bowles told the show’s hosts that while she can’t always ‘nip off and watch Loose Women‘, the 73-year-old royal will try her best to catch the programme.
Food writer Tom, 46, admitted that he’d forgotten to warn his mother about his appearance on the daytime talk show, but that he wasn’t too concerned because he ‘knows what she likes’.
He also revealed that neither he nor his mother watch The Crown – but that if Camilla was to curl up on the sofa with a cup of tea, her brew of choice would be English Breakfast with a slice of lemon.
Tom Parker Bowles says his mother Camilla, pictured during a visit to a London hospital last year, is a fan of ITV daytime chat show Loose Women
Speaking of a chat with one of the show’s producers, he said: ‘She said “Have you rang your mum to ask her?” And I thought, “Oh gosh I’ve forgotten”. But I know what she likes.’
Confirming that his mother is a fan of the show, he explained: ‘I can’t remember which one of you she told but she doesn’t lie about that sort of stuff, so she said it, it’s true, she does.
Asked if Camilla is a regular viewer, he said: ‘When she’s working she can’t nip off and watch Loose Women but when she’s not, most definitely.’
Tom was appearing to promote his new book for Fortnum & Mason, Time for Tea, which provides an expert guide to all the different teas in the high-end department store.
Food writer Tom, 46, (pictured) admitted that he had forgotten to warn his mother about his appearance on the daytime talk show this morning
He told the show’s hosts today that while she can’t always ‘nip off and watch Loose Women’, the 73-year-old royal will try her best to catch the programme
When asked what Camilla would typically drink he said: ‘I don’t think she drinks so much tea anymore, but it would be I’d say English Breakfast, but with a slice of lemon and not milk.’
When quizzed on whether his mum watched Netflix royal drama The Crown, the food critic cheerfully answered: ‘I can answer truthfully, no and no!’.
The latest season of the royal drama, which premiered last November, shows Charles meeting and marrying an innocent Diana while maintaining his affair with the then-married Camilla.
He also revealed Camilla’s brew of choice would be English Breakfast with a slice of lemon. Pictured, Camilla following a visit to Ivydale Primary School in South London last year
Culture secretary Oliver Dowden demanded in November last year that Netflix make clear the royal drama is ‘fiction’.
He claimed viewers should be warned at the start of each episode that it was not ‘fact’ after mounting concern that fabricated scenes in the drama series were so damaging to the Royal Family.
‘It’s a beautifully produced work of fiction, so as with other TV productions, Netflix should be very clear at the beginning it is just that,’ he told The Mail on Sunday.
‘Without this, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact.’