UNITED KINGDOM/FRANCE: BRITISH NEWSPAPERS ALLEGE SON OF CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES HAS DRUG PROBLEM

Record ID: 337056

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM/FRANCE: BRITISH NEWSPAPERS ALLEGE SON OF CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES HAS DRUG PROBLEM
  • Date: 16th May 1999
  • Summary: CANNES, FRANCE (MAY 16, 1999) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF MAJESTIC HOTEL (2 SHOTS) 0.12 2. CLOSE UP OF HOTEL WINDOWS 0.15 3. CU (SOUNDBITE) (English) DENNIS DAVIDSON SAYING: "No I'm sorry I'm very late for an appointment, I've got nothing to say. Business as usual is the only comment, life goes on. It's not a problem for DDA" 0.27
  • Embargoed: 31st May 1999 13:00
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  • Location: CANNES, FRANCE/ LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA3H8BUB7JKVG0O5HHRY83CCK7A
  • Story Text: Tom Parker Bowles, friend of Prince William and son of
    Camilla Parker Bowles is said to have admitted having a
    cocaine problem.Parker Bowles who works for PR agency DDA was
    in the South of France helping with the Cannes Film Festival
    when reports of the story broke.

    Bowles, 24, a friend of Prince William and godson of
    Prince Charles has not been seen in public since the news of
    his drug problem was disclosed in a British newspaper on
    Sunday (May 16).

    Working in Cannes for DDA (Dennis Davidson Associates), a
    London-based film PR company, Bowles is reported to have been
    approached by a Sunday Times reporter with evidence of his
    cocaine abuse, at a party in the French Riviera resort at the
    weekend.

    Bowles' employer and DDA head, Dennis Davidson was working
    at his offices at the Majestic hotel in Cannes on Sunday (May
    16), but refused to comment on the news other than saying that
    it was 'business as usual' for DDA.

    The Majestic Hotel is one of many well known hotels along
    the famous Croisette in Cannes, where film stars stay during
    the festival.
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