Mixing with a former husband could be a recipe for disaster.
Not so for Queen Camilla as she reunited with Andrew Parker Bowles for their son’s cookbook launch.
The pair, who were married for 22 years, teamed up for the publication of Tom Parker Bowles’ book Cooking and The Crown: Royal Recipes from Queen Victoria to King Charles III.
Wearing a monochrome polka dot dress, the Queen chatted to her 84-year-old ex-husband and her 49-year-old son, who is a columnist for The Mail on Sunday, at a pub in Mayfair.
It marked a calmer outing than earlier in the day when she battled against the elements during a visit to a blustery airfield.
She was heard remarking on the wind, which ruffled her hair and blue Fiona Clare dress, as she arrived at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire.
‘It literally started blowing up just before you arrived,’ she was told before meeting service personnel and their families in her role as Honorary Air Commodore.