ROYAL TRAGEDY Heartbreak for King Charles.

Captain Ian Farquhar, a close friend of the king,

regrettably passed away at the age of 78.

Ian has been King Charles’s and

Queen Camilla’s dear friend for a long time.

He further enhanced his already

illustrious name by acting as the Queen Mother’s rider.

Ian was a renowned hunter and

a superb horseman who served with pride in the Queen’s Own Hussars.

The King, who is already coping with his own cancer diagnosis

, is devastated by this loss.

Lord Jacob Rothschild,

who was 87 years old, passed away just last week.

When Prince William was on leave in 2000,

he dated Rose Farquhar

, Ian’s daughter. In the picturesque Gloucestershire countryside,

the young couple relished romantic picnics.