Tom Parker Bowles finally spilled the beans on whether Queen Camilla drinks and smokes or not (Image: Getty)
‘s son, Tom Parker Bowles, has dismissed rumours regarding his mother’s drinking habits and chain-smoking.
Tom has given an unprecedented insight into the everyday lives of the royal couple in his new cookbook, Cooking and the Crown, which details the history of food within the royal family.
During an interview with for his new book, the stepson of King Charles talked about the “inaccurate” perception that the Queen likes to drink gin and smoke and said:
“If anyone ever meets my mother, they always… I mean, a son would say this, but she’s someone I love going to have dinner with. And I go for a walk with her in Scotland. You’re always going to have your rows, differences of opinion. It would be very odd if we agreed [on] everything. Creepy. I certainly would annoy her sometimes.
“Oh, you know she has that reputation of drinking gin and smoking? Never drunk a glass of gin in her life. Doesn’t smoke.”
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Harry Enfield as King Charles and Haydn Gwynne as Queen Camilla in the Windsors (Image: Channel 4)
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The 49-year-old said that the rumours likely came from the portrayal of Camilla in the Channel 4 sitcom The Windsors.
He said that he watched the show and loved Harry Enfield, who played King Charles, adding that Haydn Gwynne, who played Camilla was brilliant.
Tom said: “Yes. She was really brilliant. But my mother hardly drinks. Never seen her so much as tipsy.”
Camilla’s son replied to the Times’s Polly Vernon’s quote that the idea of the Queen “as a gin-swigging chain-smoker” is “Fine. But totally inaccurate”.
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Tom Parker-Bowles praised his stepfather, King Charles (Image: Getty)
Elsewhere, the food writer talked about his mother’s cooking, praising her for her with shepherd’s pie and roast chicken.
He said: My mother was a good cook. Totally normal, nice food, watching The Fall Guy with shepherd’s pie, you know.
“My mother’s roast chicken. I’ve wheeled that out before.”
He also praised King Charles, saying that he “loves, respects and adores” him.
Cooking And The Crown by Tom Parker Bowles was published on September 26, priced £30 and .