Camilla pen pal on way to Windsor

Andrew Broughton has a personal invite to the Royal Wedding

A Derbyshire man who wrote to Camilla Parker Bowles to cheer her up has been given an invitation to her wedding to Prince Charles.

Andrew Broughton, from Mackworth, started writing to the future Duchess of Cornwall - and she has invited him to Windsor on Saturday.

He said: "I felt really special. It was not something I was expecting at all. It really was out of the blue."

He often writes to her and sometimes includes Derbyshire-made chocolates.

'Faith in humanity'

Mr Broughton said the pair "should be given a chance" and he said she will be "good for the future king".

He explained: "She had had such a lot of bad press over so many years, about 10 years ago I started writing to Camilla and saying maybe not everybody was feeling so badly towards her.

"She responded all that time ago by saying the letter restored her faith in humanity, which was a really nice thing, I thought."

The couple will marry in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall, before a church blessing at Windsor Castle.