United Kingdom, Feb. 9 -- Tom Parker Bowles had a "nightmare holiday" shortly after leaving school.

The 50-year-old food critic is the son of Queen Camilla - who is now married to King Charles - and her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles and recalled a trip to Portugal with his family many years ago where an undercover journalist posed as their private chef.

He told The Sunday Times: "Shortly after I'd left school I had a nightmare holiday to Sintra, in Portugal. It was just me, my mother, my sister and various other family members and friends - my parents were divorced by then. We were staying in this beautiful old house, but it sat in a cloud and everything was damp . and the cook turned out to be a News of the World plant, so there were...