Queen Camilla gracefully greeted her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles as the pair suffered an awkward run-in at the Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire ahead of the weekend.
The 78-year-old divorced her former spouse in 1995, after tying the knot with the British Army officer, 86, in 1973 and welcoming two children, Tom, 51, and Laura, 48, with him.
King Charles's wife is the president of the Ebony Horse Club and was at the horse trials to meet with the club's members when she encountered her ex-partner.
During her visit, she met volunteers from the club’s riding school in Brixton, south London, which provides riding lessons, workshops and youth support for disadvantaged young people, and is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
Camilla stopped to chat with broadcaster Clare Balding at the event and said she "was so moved" when she first discovered the club "quite a few years ago".
The Queen also spoke with a group of young people from the club, including a teenager who demonstrated a horse simulator.
© Getty ImagesShe had a go at the simulator's controls herself before she was whisked away to the event arena to watch four young riders perform a musical ride to London Calling by The Clash, following which Camilla presented the quartet and their ponies with rosettes.
Alongside her discussion with Clare, Camilla was also spotted chatting to six-time winner of the Badminton event Lucinda Green and greeted Andrew during a reception.
© UK Press via Getty ImagesCamilla's relationship with the King
Marrying King Charles, who was a prince at the time, on 9 April 2005, the East Sussex native has been his wife for over 20 years.
Despite their regular loved-up appearances, Camilla's meeting with her ex-husband followed a surprising revelation about her nighttime routine with Charles.
It was reported that the couple don't share a bed in the evenings and that they have three bedrooms: one each and one to share, and their decision to have separate bedrooms could well be due to King Charles' health.
© WireImageHe is well-known to suffer from back pain and even travels with a cushion to help with his aches and pains, citing sleeping alone as a further aid to stop his discomfort.
Prince Harry wrote about his father's back pain in his memoir, Spare. He noted how he would often find his father doing exercises and wrote: "You might blunder in as he was doing his headstands. He performed them daily, in just a pair of boxers, propped against a door or hanging from a bar like a skilled acrobat.
"Prescribed by his physio, these exercises were the only effective remedy for the constant pain in Pa's neck and back."
