Despite being Queen Camilla's son and King Charles's stepson, Tom Parker Bowles has largely stayed away from the royal scene. In fact, the accomplished food writer—who recently released royal-themed cookbook, Cooking & The Crown—revealed in a new interview that he only ever met Queen Elizabeth II twice in his life, and one of those times was quite a shock.
Parker Bowles, 49, and his sister, Laura Lopes, 46, grew up outside the world of palaces, with Tom telling the Independent that mom Camilla was "a good, basic cook." But even after his mother married King Charles (then Prince Charles), Tom had little to do with the Royal Family. In fact, he recently told People he'd never gone to a royal Christmas celebration.
