'My saddest moment': Andrew Parker-Bowles relives IRA Hyde Park bombing that killed four soldiers and seven horses in new documentary 40 years on

Camilla’s first husband Andrew Parker Bowles has relived the horror of the 1982 Hyde Park bombing by the IRA that killed four soldiers and seven horses – before the perpetrators escaped justice.

On July 20, 1982, the soldiers of the Household Cavalry had just left their barracks and were riding their steeds through London’s Hyde Park to Horse Guards Parade when the bomb – hidden in a blue Austin Morris – tore through their ranks.

Two hours after the 10.43am Hyde Park explosion, a second bomb that had been planted underneath the bandstand in Regent’s Park went off as 30 military bandsmen of the Royal Green Jackets were performing. Seven bandsmen lost their lives.