Queen Camilla's ex husband confirmed as inspiration for Disney+ Rivals lothario Rupert Campbell-Black

dailyrecord.co.uk:

It has the largest body count in TV since The Sopranos but only because there are so many raunchy sex scenes in every episode.Now Rivals author Dame Jilly Cooper has revealed the inspiration behind one of the most outrageous characters depicted in the raunchy Disney+ series which is taking the nation by storm.Rivals, which is set in the 1986 in the appropriately named fictional country of Rutshire in the Cotswolds, is based on her 1988 novel of the same name.His Dark Materials actor Alex Hassell, 44, plays rich show jumper, Conservative MP and lothario Rupert Campbell-Black in the series everybody is talking about.He beds a string of women and knocks back a few as well before falling for young Agatha 'Taggie' O'Hara, played by Bella Maclean.Needless to say it would have the late Mary Whitehouse choking on her corn flakes even though some of the sex scenes are almost as hilarious and ridiculous as they are titillating.The series also stars David Tennant as unscrupulous TV mogul Tony Baddingham and Aidan Turner as journalist Declan O’Hara.Now Cooper has confessed the name of the man who was the top of her list of men who inspired nobleman Campbell-Black and he has an intriguing royal connection.She has admitted that he is based on her pal Queen Camilla’s first husband Andrew Parker Bowles, once dubbed “the lothario of London”.'He's been a great friend for a long time...

so he's very like Rupert. He's beautiful and blond and stunning,' said Jilly.”Parker Bowles and Camilla, divorced in 1995 after 22 years of marriage and two children; food writer Tom, 49 and Laura Lopes, 46, an artist.

They remain good friends.This week the Rivals' cast threw their support behind author Cooper at the 2024 Harper's Bazaar Women Of The Year