Tom Parker Bowles Reveals His Children’s Sweet Nickname for King Charles

Queen Camillason, Tom Parker Bowlesrevealed the sweet nickname his children have for their grandfather, King Charles III.

Parker Bowles, 49, appeared on the Sunday, October 13, episode of Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarshwhere he revealed the lovely name of his two children – daughter Lola, 17, and son Freddy, 14 – they have for King. (Parker Bowles shares Lola and Freddy with wife Sarah Buysseparated from him.)

“Kids, they really don’t know any different. So ‘Uppa’, as they call the King, grew up with this man they love and think is amazing,” said the cookbook author, as reported Hello! Magazine.

“People ask them and they’re like, ‘What? It’s just Uppa!’,” he continued. “So yeah, I mean, it’s a healthy idea I guess, but you always have to say, ‘It’s the Lord. Take off your tracksuit pants!’

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Parker Bowles also took time to pay tribute to his mother, Queen Camilla, who became queen when Charles took the throne following his mother’s death. Queen Elizabeth IIin September 2022. (Camilla shares Tom and daughter Laura, 46, with ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowlesmarried from 1973 to 1995.)

“She’s a really good grandmother so we go down to her house in Wiltshire and that’s where we can relax,” said Parker Bowles. She noted that her mother is also a “basic English cook” who doesn’t use measurements when cooking recipes at home, adding that she likes her fried chicken recipe.

Last month, Parker Bowles praised her mother for her strength during her husband’s cancer battle. “[The] the doctor says the treatment is going well,” he said The Daily Express in September of King’s chemotherapy. “You are strong, mother.”

News of Charles’ diagnosis was announced earlier this year after he underwent surgery for an enlarged prostate, although the type of cancer has not been made public.

“During the King’s recent hospital procedure to enlarge a benign prostate, a separate issue was noted,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement in February. “Subsequent diagnostic tests identified the type of cancer.”

After taking a break from royal duties to focus on his treatment, Charles made his first public appearance since being diagnosed in April at a cancer center in London, where he was joined by Camilla. In August, she shared that she was feeling “not too bad” during her cancer battle while visiting Southport, England.

Charles and Camilla will begin an “autumn tour” of Australia and Samoa from October 18 to October 26. After that, the King would appear at the upcoming COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 11. However, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Wednesday, October 9, that Charles will no longer be there, although other details about his absence have not yet been revealed.