{"id":2878,"date":"2024-07-06T00:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T00:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2024-07-06T00:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T00:27:07","slug":"heartbreak-for-king-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/heartbreak-for-king-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreak for King Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The king\u2019s close friend Captain Ian Farquhar has died. He was 78 years old.<br>\n\n\n\n</p><p>Ian had been friends with both the King and Queen Camilla for a long time. He had also been the Queen Mother\u2019s rider.\n\n\n\n</p><p>He was also a famous hunter and a great horseman who served in the Queen\u2019s Own Hussars<br>\n\n\n\n</p><p>Another blow to the King, who already has to deal with his own cancer diagnosis. Lord (Jacob) Rothschild died last week at the age of 87.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/reading-diet.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/05%5C/4.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-3699\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2000, when Prince William was on his gap year, he dated Ian\u2019s daughter Rose Farquhar. The two went on romantic picnics in the Gloucestershire countryside.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Ian had rented a farmhouse on the King\u2019s Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire for many years.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Stephen Parker Bowles, Queen Camilla\u2019s first husband, told the Daily Mail that Ian had been very sick.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Andy told them that Ian had died at Highgrove early Wednesday morning.\n\n\n\n</p><p>He said the man was \u201cas wild as a hawk when he was young, but always a lot of fun.\u201d\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/reading-diet.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/05%5C/3.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-3698\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that Ian would go down in history as \u201cone of the great Master of Hounds.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>For 34 years, Ian was Master of the Beaufort Hunt.\n\n\n\n</p><p>This is what the Beaufort Hunt wrote on Instagram to honor its former master.\n\n\n\n</p><p>The hunt said, \u201cIt breaks our hearts to send our love and condolences to the family and friends of our own Captain Ian Farquhar. He flew us so well for 34 years and died peacefully this week.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>\u201cMany people in the hunting community loved and respected him as \u201cCaptain.\u201d He was helpful, friendly, and always there to give great, forward-thinking advice to anyone who asked.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/reading-diet.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/05%5C/5.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-3700\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe had a wicked sense of humor, and anyone who was lucky enough to be with him and hear about his very different and exciting life in the army and as a hunter will remember those times forever.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>Captain loved hounds, his family, and dogs. We know that up there, a whole pack of dogs will be waiting for him, excited to be with him again.\n\n\n\n</p><p>\u201cA true countryman and a true gent \u2013 he will be hugely missed.\u201d\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>The king\u2019s close friend Captain Ian Farquhar has died. He was 78 years old. 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