Queen Camilla’s son has opened up about the "appalling" treatment that his stepbrothers, Prince William and Prince Harry, have endured at the hands of the tabloid media through the years.Tom Parker Bowles, a well-known food critic and writer aged 49, found himself under intense scrutiny ever since his mother's relationship with King Charles became public in the late '90s.
Approaching his first Christmas surrounded by the Royal Family, he chatted with The Telegraph about his own unpleasant encounters with the paparazzi and divulged how it’s even worse for William and Harry.
Recalling an incident from 1999 when at only 24, tabloids accused him of drug use at the Cannes film festival, leading to a stern talking-to from King Charles and relentless press hounding, Tom described: "It was the very height of the tabloid era.
I remember being chased at 100mph by paps trying to get a shot. My mother being screamed at to try to get a reaction." He elaborated on the harrowing experience adding: "Pushing, jostling.
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