King Charles’s longtime pal Ian Farquhar dies on the age of 78
King Charles’s longtime pal Ian Farquhar has died on the age of 78 on the monarch’s Highgrove Estate.
The famend huntsman additionally served as equerry to the Queen Mother and even served within the Queen’s Own Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army.
Mr Farquhar was additionally shut with Queen Camilla, residing on the King’s property for a few years in a rented farmhouse. It is alleged that he died there on Wednesday morning.
Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband and pal of Camilla, informed the Mail’s Richard Eden that the scenario was ‘very unhappy’ and that he had been sick for the previous few months.
He described his pal as ‘wild as a hawk in his youth, however at all times nice enjoyable’. Parker Bowles added that ‘The Captain’, as Farquhar was identified, will likely be ‘judged by historical past as one of many nice Master of Hounds’.
King Charles’s longtime pal Ian Farquhar has died on the age of 78 on the monarch’s Highgrove Estate
Mr Farquhar would drive over and have dinner with the monarch, a supply informed Richard Eden
The famend huntsman additionally served as equerry to the Queen Mother and even served within the Queen’s Own Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army
A supply mentioned that he used to go throughout the fields to satisfy the monarch for dinner, however would abandon his automotive ‘when it grew to become hopelessly slowed down’ and would as a substitute look forward to it to be rescued by tractors.
Ian married Pammie-Jane Chafer after he left the military and the pair had three daughters.
Farquhar and Charles grew to become intertwined additional when Prince William briefly dated Rose Farquhar in 2000 after he completed his A-levels at Eton.
The pair met on the Beaufort Polo Club in Gloucestershire and she or he was described because the Prince of Wales’s ‘old flame’ on the time.
William and Rose would go on romantic picnics within the Gloucestershire countryside collectively earlier than he met Kate at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
They are nonetheless associates to at the present time, because the Prince attended her marriage ceremony to George Gemmell in 2022.
Farquhar and Pammie-Jane separated and as time went on, they managed to rekindle their friendship, however they continued to reside individually.
Mr Farquhar was additionally Master of Beaufort Hunt for 34 years, one of many oldest and largest fox looking packs in England.
In an Instagram put up, the web page shared a video containing a number of photographs of Ian all through his life and wrote: ‘It is with damaged hearts we ship our love and condolences to the household and associates of our personal Captain Ian Farquhar, who so brilliantly piloted us for 34 years and handed away peacefully this week.
Farquhar and Charles grew to become intertwined additional when Prince William briefly dated Rose Farquhar in 2000 after he completed his A-levels at Eton
William and Rose (pictured) are nonetheless associates to at the present time, because the Prince attended her marriage ceremony to George Gemmell in 2022
Mr Farquhar was additionally Master of Beaufort Hunt for 34 years, one of many oldest and largest fox looking packs in England
‘”Captain” as he was identified by many was cherished and cherished by all the looking neighborhood, as somebody who was supportive, form and at all times there with glorious ahead pondering recommendation for anybody who requested him.
‘He had a depraved sense of humour and anybody who was fortunate sufficient to be in his firm and take heed to tales of his extraordinarily various and adventurous life each within the military and the looking world will maintain onto these recollections perpetually.’
The put up mentioned that Mr Farquhar’s passions in life had been his ‘hounds, his household and canines’ and that he was a ‘true countryman and gent’.
This comes as King Charles continues remedy for his most cancers whereas enterprise royal duties on the facet.
He met with High Commissioner of Jamaica, Alexander Williams, who was joined by his spouse Carol Watson-Williams, at Buckingham Palace yesterday.
The King has postponed all public-facing engagements whereas he continues his remedy for an undisclosed type of most cancers, however he has been finishing up audiences and desk duties behind Palace partitions.
High commissioners and ambassadors based mostly in London have a customary viewers with the monarch shortly after taking over their position.
Charles’ assembly got here after he held a video name with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The King earlier met with the Ambassador of Algeria, Nourredine Yazid, and Samba Mamadou, Ambassador of Mauritania.
The King was recognized with an undisclosed type of most cancers following hospital remedy for an enlarged prostate earlier this yr, which was unrelated.
He was handled in the identical hospital because the Princess of Wales, who underwent belly surgical procedure for an unknown situation in January.
