Posted by Mike on November 5, 2009, 8:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Andrew Park Bowles - close friend of Charles - fact or fiction?"
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You raised a good point about whether or not Prince Charles and Andrew Parker-Bowles were friends. After scanning the books I have on the matter, I can see you're right. They knew each other, but not to any degree of closeness. I’ve been as guilty as anyone about spreading the notion of a close friendship between the two. Others posted messages about a friendship and I believed what I read. They were mistaken as was I.
When speaking of Prince Charles having extramarital relations with Mrs. Parker-Bowles, the term “fellow officer” seems more appropriate than “close friend.”
Thank you, all of you, for raising the question and clarifying the matter.
Mike 
--Previous Message--
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: I don't want to stir up a hornet's nest,
: but I've never seen any pictures of Charles
: and Andrew together, even in a casual chat,
: however, that doesn't mean the two men
: haven't. Maybe for once the press camera's
: missed the scene. I was always led to
: believe that it was Anne and Andrew who were
: very good friends and I've seen pictures of
: them both as well as Andrew and the Queen
: chatting and I think, Andrew and the Queen
: Mum.
: Whatever may be, the pictures of Charles,
: Camilla, Andrew and his wife at the
: Parker-Bowles'children's weddings showed all
: to be cordial and friendly toward one
: another. In short, I doubt that Andrew and
: Charles were, in fact, best friends.
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: Some use the term "fellow officer"
: instead of close friend. As I understand it,
: Prince Charles served in the Royal Air Force
: and Navy. Still, an officer in the Army can
: be called a fellow officer to one in the
: Navy or Air Force.
:
: What conclusions can be made by an officer
: and gentleman who was raised from infancy to
: be honorable and do his duty to his Monarch
: and country who has extramarital relations
: with the wife of a fellow officer, including
: while he himself is married to another? What
: type of person is this?
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: --Previous Message--
: Whenever the C/C/D Royal triangle is
: mentioned, somebody eventually pipes up with
: teh statement that Andrew PB and Charles
: were "close friends" or even
: "best friends."
:
: What exactly is the evidence that supports
: this claim? When did they become close
: friends?
:
: Andrew PB is 9 years older than Charles, so
: they weren't best friends in school, they
: didn't even attend the same schools.
:
: They didn't meet up in the military, Andrew
: joined the Army while Charles never spent
: any time in that branch of the miltary (if
: he did, it isn't mentioned on either his
: website or the official British Royals
: website).
:
: Andrew has a close friendship with Charles's
: sister Anne (they dated back in 1970 and are
: frequently seen together at Ascot). He also
: was reported to have been a close friend of
: the Queen Mum, in fact, some people claim
: he's a close relative based on the fact that
: his mother's (Anne de Trafford) sister Mary
: de Trafford married Sir Francis Bowes-Lyon,
: who was the grandson of the queen Mum's
: uncle (Hon Francis Bowes-Lyon).
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