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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Queen Camilla Got a Secret Early Preview of This "Racy" TV Series Inspired by Her Ex-Husband—But King Charles Isn't a Fan

Queen Camilla wearing a white polka dot dress holding a drink and laughing next to her daughter Laura Lopes and ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles.

The Royal Family is known for maintaining friendly relationships with their exes (just look at Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson), and Queen Camilla shares a similarly amicable rapport with her first husband, Andrew Parker Bowles. However, it turns out the former "lothario" of the aristocratic set inspired a character in a popular new Disney+ series—and Camilla was the first to check it out.

According to the Times, Queen Camilla "adored Rivals, the racy television adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel." The show is a small screen version of Cooper's 1988 novel of the same name, which follows womanizing Olympic show jumper turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black—whose character was inspired by none other than Andrew Parker Bowles, 84.

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