Are Princess Anne and Camilla friends? Relationship after both dated Andrew Parker Bowles
Princess Anne is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, 93, and Prince Philip, 98. She has been married to Timothy Laurence since 1992 but previously had a romance with Andrew Parker Bowles, 80. Andrew is the former husband of Anne’s sister-in-law, Camilla Parker Bowles, who is now married to Prince Charles, 71.
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Princess Anne has been married twice but before tying the knot she had a romance with Andrew Parker Bowles.
The retired army officer went on to wed Camilla Parker Bowles, and the couple were married for 22 years.
After they split, Camilla joined the Royal Family when she married Prince Charles in 2005.
Despite Camilla marrying Andrew shortly after his relationship with Anne ended, the two royal women have no hard feelings, body language expert, Judi James, explained.
Most recently, Anne and Camilla were seen together as they attended a Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene in Sandringham.
Judi told Express.co.uk: “Most royal fans were so busy watching the camera-stealing antics of George and little Charlotte on the Christmas Day outing to church that they might have missed some very telling gestures between two older members of the royal firm.”
The pair showed they had a close friendship as they were spotted sharing a joke.
She added: “As Princess Anne walked up to the church entrance she went to join Camilla, who had clearly spotted the fact that they had both opted to wear matching, eye-catching purple outfits.
“Camilla pointed this out with a fun, elbowing gesture aimed at Anne and the two women laughed together.”
Judi explained Anne has shown her genuine fondness of Camilla by being expressive with her when she usually hides her emotions.
“With any other royal but Anne this might have been unimportant but the Queen’s daughter is a woman who has often appeared to keep a polite and sometimes frosty-looking distance from some of the royal wives,” Judi added.
“This signal of what looked like easy-going friendship and shared fun with Camilla, who can often appear tense and rather anxious in public, did seem like a first.”
Anne is the younger sister of Prince Charles, but the royals do not seem to have had a particularly close relationship.
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This has not stopped her from getting close to Camilla, however, and their body language shows a close friendship.
Judi explained: “The outfit ‘clash’ has happened before with both women wearing identical colours and then mirroring one another’s body language as they stood in public together.
“Anne has never shown signs of being particularly close to her brother Charles, but she does seem to share a natural friendship that could even border on a daughter/mother bond with Camilla.”
As working members of the Royal Family, Anne and Camilla will often appear together at official events.
Their body language has shown they are always happy to see each other.
Judi said: “Even their touch rituals in public are telling. The meeting at a racecourse shows both women wearing what look like delighted smiles and eye contact and Anne has extended one hand palm-up, which Camilla has then placed her own hand over in a sign of affection.
“The affection isn’t one-sided either, Anne’s fingers are curled up around Camilla’s thumb in a reciprocal gesture.”
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