Queen Camilla right this moment joined 500 mourners at her buddy Ian Farquhar's memorial service after the famend horseman and celebrated huntsman died aged 78.
Captain Farquhar's daughter Rose, whom Prince William dated in 2000, additionally attended the service in Badminton, Gloucestershire, along with her husband George Gemmell.
William and his 'past love' Rose stay associates, and he attended her wedding ceremony to former skilled polo participant Mr Gemmell in close by Tetbury in December 2022.
Captain Farquhar, who was additionally an in depth buddy of King Charles III, had beforehand lived on the monarch's Highgrove property within the county the place he rented a farmhouse.
An inquest later revealed that the Previous Etonian was discovered useless by his carer at his residence close to Chippenham in Wiltshire on the afternoon of 6 March after having issue respiratory.
This afternoon, Camilla attended a service to recollect him at St Michael and All Angels Church on the Badminton property, which is owned by the Duke of Beaufort.
Among the many mourners was Queen Camilla's ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles. He was not accompanied by his new girlfriend Anne Robinson.
Camilla left after Ian Farquhar's memorial service in Badminton, Gloucestershire right this moment
Camilla arrives for Ian Farquhar's memorial service in Badminton, Gloucestershire right this moment
Mr Farquhar's daughter Rose Farquhar right this moment at St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton
Ian Farquhar's ex-wife Pommie-Jane Chaffer attended his funeral in Badminton right this moment
Famend horseman and looking skilled Ian Farquhar dies aged 78
The Queen, who was additionally representing the King, arrived in a green-grey Audi property automobile forward of the service, which was pushed by the Reverend Richard Thomson.
Camilla's first husband Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles beforehand advised the Day by day Mail that Mr Farquhar had been unwell for some months and described his dying as 'very unhappy'.
Chatting with Richard Eden, the Mail's diary editor on the time, Parker Bowles described his buddy as 'wild as a hawk in his youth, however all the time very humorous'.
He additionally stated Mr Farquhar would 'go down in historical past as one of many nice masters of hounds', having been grasp of the Beaufort Hunt for 34 years.
Parker Bowles additionally described him as 'a real countryman, an excellent officer, a courageous newbie rider, a hard-riding polo participant and a very good public speaker'.
Captain Farquhar was born right into a looking household in Dorset in 1945 and was educated on the unique Ludgrove College, close to Wokingham, in addition to Eton.
Camilla's first husband Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles was seen leaving service right this moment
Camilla arrives for Ian Farquhar's memorial service in Badminton, Gloucestershire right this moment
Camilla pictured leaving service at St Michael and All Angels Church
Mr Farquhar's daughter Rose Farquhar (pictured right this moment) is taken into account to be Prince William's first correct girlfriend
Andrew Parker Bowles was among the many 500 individuals who got here to the service to pay their respects
He then attended Sandhurst for officer coaching and in 1966 was commissioned into the Queen's Personal Hussars, the place he served as a cavalry officer.
Captain Farquhar, generally known as 'The Captain', turned equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mom in 1971 and held the place for 2 years.
He left the military in 1973 to turn out to be Grasp of the Bicester and Warden Hill Hunt and hunted along with his hounds for 12 seasons.
Captain Farquhar married Pammy-Jane Chafer, with whom he had three daughters – together with Rose. The couple then separated, however rekindled their friendship in later years.
In 1985 he was invited to turn out to be joint-master and huntsman of the Duke of Beaufort's Hunt, the place he hunted till 2010.
Captain Farquhar was a famend foxhound breeder, Vice-President of the Masters of Foxhounds Affiliation and a widely known supporter of the Countryside Alliance.
Captain Ian Farquhar was born in Dorset in 1945 right into a hunter's household and was educated at Eton
Ian Farquhar at his daughter Rose's wedding ceremony in Gloucestershire in December 2022
Ian Farquhar left the military in 1973 to turn out to be Grasp of the Bicester and Warden Hill Hunt
An inquest in Salisbury on 20 March was advised {that a} autopsy examination confirmed that Captain Farquhar had died from postural asphyxia.
This happens when an individual's situation causes them to be unable to breathe correctly.
This may trigger sudden deaths when the mouth and nostril turn out to be blocked, or the place the chest could also be unable to broaden absolutely.
Wiltshire Police confirmed there have been 'no suspicious circumstances' surrounding his dying.
William briefly dated Rose in 2000 after he accomplished his A-levels at Eton. The pair met on the Beaufort Polo Membership and he or she was described as William's 'past love' on the time.
The prince and Rose went on romantic picnics within the Gloucestershire countryside, however their relationship was transient and he then met Kate at St Andrews College.
Singer-songwriter Rose, now 40, is usually considered Prince's first critical girlfriend.
Ms Farquhar surprised in a white costume and fur shoulder gildings as she tied the knot with George Gemmell at St Mary the Virgin Church in Gloucestershire in December, with William attending the marriage (left)
In 2016 Rose, who studied musical theatre and appearing in New York Metropolis, did not get previous the audition stage of ITV’s The Voice
Singer Rose, 39, the youngest daughter of Captain Ian Farquhar, briefly dated William in 2000
Rose Farquhar remains to be associates with Prince William and attended his wedding ceremony to George Gamell in 2022
Rose Farquhar performs on stage on the We Are the Future Gala on the 4 Seasons Resort in Beverly Hills on Might 12, 2016.
Rose Farquhar on the Hunt Competition, incorporating the one hundred and thirty fifth Peterborough Royal Foxhound Present, on July 19, 2023
Regardless of the decline of their romance, Rose and William have all the time been on good phrases and have usually seen one another at society weddings through the years attributable to their mutual associates.
In 2022, William attended Rose's wedding ceremony to George Gemmell – stepson of Barbadian constructing tycoon Sir Charles Williams and an aspiring veterinarian.
After courting William, Rose moved to New York the place she studied appearing on the Lee Strasberg Institute.
She appeared on The Voice within the UK in 2016 singing for Boy George and can.i.am, and appeared on the fact present 'How Do You Remedy a Downside Like Maria?' in 2006, which looked for an actress to play Maria von Trapp within the West Finish manufacturing of The Sound of Music.
Following this system, she went on to check musical theatre and appearing in New York Metropolis, receiving the BBC Fame Academy Award.
She is going to now work in a enterprise improvement function on the Duchess of Rutland's Belvoir Fort from December 2022.
Nonetheless in social circles, she attended the marriage of William and Kate in 2011, and in addition the marriage of Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan in 2018.
When the singer tied the knot final December, Prince William was among the many company celebrating the completely satisfied couple's nuptials.
He sneaked in by way of a again door at St Mary the Virgin Church in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, to look at her marry her new prince: bold veterinarian George Gemmell, the stepson of the late Barbadian constructing magnate Sir Charles Williams.
On the time, her father advised the Day by day Mail of his daughter's groom-to-be: 'He couldn't be a extra charming son-in-law for the longer term.
'Jamels has been a buddy of ours for a few years. We’re very completely satisfied.
