Tom Parker Bowles Says He Regrets Teenage Trouble, Not the Fun
Tom Parker Bowles, the food writer and son of Queen Camilla, has said he regrets how his teenage years affected his parents, but not the fun he had. He made the remarks as a guest on the Don't Judge Me podcast, hosted by Gabriela Peacock, a nutritionist and founder of GP Nutrition.
Speaking in the episode, he said he regretted "putting my parents through hell and being caught doing it." He was quick to add that he did not regret the good times of his youth. He described that fun as "chemically induced" in part, and said he had no regrets about any of it at all.
Queen Camilla is the Queen Consort, the wife of King Charles III. Her son is 51 and has two teenage children, Lola and Freddy, with his ex-wife, Sara Buys.
He also spoke about how the public has treated his mother. He said attitudes towards her were "nice" now, but had been "pretty nasty" back in the 1990s. He linked the difficult years to the press, telling ITV News in December 2024 that she had been through a "hell of a two years."
On the podcast, he said his mother "just gets on with it." He described her approach as the English way of "Never complain, never explain." He added that the two of them still bicker over things.
His parents are Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles. They divorced in 1995, after a 21-year marriage. Andrew Parker Bowles has since remarried, and his son said the two of them remain very close.
Tom Parker Bowles has discussed his mother in public before. In 2023, he appeared on The News Agents podcast and defended her against claims that she had planned to marry King Charles. In 2025, he spoke to Tatler's White Wine Question podcast and said he had never seen her tipsy.
The latest remarks came in an episode released on 21 October 2026, and were reported by Hello! Magazine. The episode is a conversation about family and public life, and it leaves the wider royal family out of the frame.
