Welcome to Wrexham star Ollie Palmer, 31, reveals his ex-royal safety officer father got here out as homosexual after leaving his spouse and three youngsters

Footballer Ollie Palmer has revealed in Disney+ documentary Welcome To Wrexham that his ex-royal safety officer father got here out as homosexual after leaving his mom.

The 31-year-old Wrexham striker defined how his dad and mom separated when he was a baby, and his father Andy informed the household months later that he was gay.

Andy labored as a safety officer for the Royal Household for 25 years and was King Charles III’s private safety officer for ten years whereas Prince of Wales.

The 2 have been reunited final December when Charles and Queen Camilla visited the membership’s Racecourse Floor and met homeowners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

Now, Palmer has spoken about his childhood and household life alongside together with his mom Sue and Andy in a brand new episode of the programme which is now in its second collection.

His mom Sue informed how she was ‘very fortunately married’ to Andy, including that once they unexpectedly break up she thought he was leaving her for one more lady.

Sue stated: ‘I believed we had an incredible marriage. We had three fantastic youngsters and I used to be very assured concerning the future. However then Andy left. I used to be devastated. It blew my world aside.’

Andy added: ‘It took a very long time. It wasn’t an in a single day resolution. It was months and months of deciding what route do I take.’

He continued: ‘It was a really tough time for me personally. How do I’m going about telling my three youngsters, who I like to bits, that daddy is not going to be round anymore?’

Palmer described it as a ‘actually f***ing exhausting day’ when his father moved out, including that he remembered ‘mum and pop arguing’.

He continued: ‘That is what I actually bear in mind. Simply sitting within the examine and listening to all of them arguing within the eating room. After which we have been all crying.’

However Palmer revealed that after introducing Andy and Andy’s boyfriend to McElhenney, he came upon that the It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia actor’s dad and mom additionally break up up when he was a baby – and his mom went onto marry one other lady.

McElhenney stated: ‘I am in the identical place as Ollie. My dad and mom obtained divorced once I was eight or 9. 

‘And as adults we will each look again on our dad and mom and recognise how a lot braveness that it took for them to do precisely what they did.’

On December 9 final 12 months, Charles and Andy have been reunited throughout a royal go to to Wrexham which noticed the King and Queen meet Reynolds, McElhenney and gamers to be taught concerning the redevelopment of the membership.

Talking in January concerning the assembly, Palmer informed The Occasions: ‘My dad labored as a safety officer for the Royal Household for 25 years. 

‘He spent ten years as Prince Charles’s – as he was then identified – private safety officer. He retired a couple of years in the past however he is nonetheless in contact with Buckingham Palace, goes to capabilities at Balmoral and stuff, so he managed to blag an invitation.

‘I met the King on the pitch with the gamers. We spoke about how properly we’re doing within the league, me and Mulls [Paul Mullin] as a [strike] partnership. Then I made him conscious that I used to be Andy Palmer’s son. He stated my dad had shared many a narrative about me on automotive journeys through the years.

‘Then we went as much as a room contained in the stadium and it was nice to see King Charles’s response to seeing my dad. I could not get a phrase in edgeways.’

Palmer added that his father used to easily say to those that he labored ‘for the Metropolitan Police’ and by no means actually spoke about what he truly did.

Wrexham broke their switch file in January final 12 months to signal Palmer from AFC Wimbledon for £300,000.

That file had stood since 1978 when Wrexham purchased Joey Jones from Liverpool for £210,000.

Palmer started his profession in non-league soccer in 2010, enjoying for Woking, St Albans Metropolis, Boreham Wooden and Havant and Waterlooville.

The 6ft 5in participant moved up into the Soccer League with Mansfield City in 2013, and likewise performed for Grimsby City, Leyton Orient, Luton City, Lincoln Metropolis and Crawley City earlier than becoming a member of Wimbledon in August 2020.

Palmer then moved to Wrexham in January 2022 on a three-and-a-half 12 months deal, and has since scored 37 targets in additional than 90 video games.