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Yes, he did. Carter was wise enough to admit to his wife about his relationship with Mary Ambrose and the birth of their son. She forgave him and remained married to him. He was therefore no longer beholden to report as Mary Ambrose instructed under threat of exposure. He officially recanted his prior statement to two reporters, one from the Daily Scottsman and one from The Denver Post. His belated honorable actions helped to quash a proposed book that Mary Ambrose had intended to write about her relationship with Robert Palmer as his girlfiend. He was instumental in conjunction with the Palmer family in helping to get an injunction signed by a Superior Court Judge legally barring Mary Ambrose from writing the proposed book. He inquired of Geraldine Edwards, Robert Palmer's girlfriend, if she would like him to give an interview clearing up the matter to the press, and she said no. She wanted to preserve Robert Palmer's reputation and did not want an embarrasing scandal attached to him. She took the high road and told Carter to let it go. Later, when it was discovered that Mary Ambrose had tried to sell a story to the press about an imaginary marriage to Robert Palmer while he was still married to Susan Palmer, she did not feel the same. Some of her close friends wanted to make comment about the actual situation at that point to clear the record, which she had previously prohibited them from doing as a favor to her. At that point, she told them that they were free to do as they pleased. It would not affect her one way or the other. Geraldine Edwards still gets offers to be interviewed about the situation but she politely tells the reporters that it is her policy not to grant interviews regarding the subject.
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Did Mary Ambrose Robert Palmers ex girlfriend offer to erase Mick Carters Palmers former managers substansial debt to Palmers family if he would announce her as palmers companion after palmers death?
Yes. Mick Carter, who was Robert Palmer's manager, and who was fired in September of 2003 did owe Robert Palmer a substansial financial debt. After an audit was conducted on accounts of Palmer's that Mick Carter was a signatore on, financial improprieties were discovered. Mick Carter had withdrawn $250,000.00 over a five-year time period for his personal use and then covered the transactions by listing them in accounting ledgers under legitimate explanations. When information contained in the ledgers was double checked it was discovered that receipts were created for companies that did not exist as well as trips and expenses that allegedly took place on Palmer's behalf had never actually occurred. Several cancelled checks were missing pertaining to these entries, causing a red flag to go up. Mick Carter was fired upon the discovery, and Robert Palmer made an arrangement for Mick Carter to reimburse him the lost money. Carter was going to mortgage his estate in restitution for the debt. When Robert Palmer died soon thereafter, and Mick Carter concluded that Robert Palmer had not yet told anyone about his firing or about his actions regarding the accounts. Unfortunately for Mick Carter, Robert Palmer had told a handful of people close to him about the situation, but Carter did not realize this. Robert Palmer had ended his personal relationship with Mary Ambrose in February of 2003. He had dated her casually from 2000 to 2003, after his 1999 divorce from his second wife Susan Palmer. She also worked for him as his live-in estate manager and personal assistant. Mary Ambrose was anxious that she should be reported as Robert Palmer's companion at the time of his death, even though Robert Palmer was by then engaged to Geraldine Edwards, his longtime friend and girlfriend. Palmer and Edwards had met in 1975. Mary Ambrose had discovered that Mick Carter owed Robert Palmer money before Palmer had passed away through a third-hand source. She promised Mick Carter that if he announced her name as Robert Palmer's companion, she would erase the debt. Mick Carter believed her and made the announcement. As it stood, however, Mary Ambrose did not have the actual authority to erase the debt, as she well knew, and Mick Carter was told he would have to rectify the debt. By then, the announcement had been made. Another mitigating factor for making the announcement was that Mary Ambrose had a son in 2001, fathered by Mick Carter. The two used to date. Mick Carter was married at the time and wished to keep the existence of his love child with Mary Ambrose from his wife. Ambrose was not exclusive with Palmer while they dated and had two sons from acquaintances of his. In the end, Mick Carter was compelled to pay the debt he owed the late Robert Palmer to Palmer's family.
Was Mary Ambrose invited to Robert Palmers funeral?
No, she was not. Although Mary Ambrose asked for an invitation to the funeral, the Palmer family advised her that she would not be in receipt of one.
Why are there two different answers to the question did Mick Carter Robert Palmers manager attend Robert Palmers funeral?
The correct answer is that Carter did not attend the funeral, per Robert Palmer's daughter, Anna Palmer. Some people did answer yes to the question, assuming that was the case, but the word of a family member in attendance at the funeral takes precidence over an educated guess.
How did Mary Ambroses name get attached to the singer Robert Palmers obituaries when I heard Robert Palmer announce Geraldine Edwards as his girlfriend on Access Hollywood shortly before his death?
According to Robert Palmer himself in interviews, his close friends, and his family members, Geraldine Edwards was his girlfriend at the time of his death. She had been his girlfriend since Palmer's divorce from Susan in 1999. Mary Ambrose was a woman who casually dated Robert Palmer from 2000 to 2003 and who worked for Palmer as his Estate Manager and his Personal Assistant for that same period of years. According to Peter Bascombe, a close Palmer friend, as well as others that knew Palmer, Mary Ambrose was definintely not considered Robert Palmer's girlfriend. Mary Ambrose even had two children from friends and acquaintances of Robert Palmer while employed by him and dating him. One Palmer friend, Leo Stapleton, who also worked with Palmer professionally, stated publicly that Palmer referred to Mary Ambrose as "the arrangement" because she was simply there, not unlike Mt. Everest. He did not consider her his primary relationship. Palmer had met Mary Ambrose socially in 1995 at a party in San Diego, California. How her name came to be attached to the obituaries was because Robert Palmer's manager, Mick Carter, announced Mary Ambroses' name to the press as Robert Palmer's girlfriend in error. The press then reported Ambroses' name upon Carter's word. Carter was very fond of Mary Ambrose and in fact had a child with her in 2001. His excuse to one one Palmer friend, Joey Faahar, was "I felt that I should do it for Mary. She loved him so much. And she did live with him." When Faahar pointed out that she lived with him as his Estate Manager and Personal Assistant, Carter replied "That doesn't matter. She was living there." Shortly thereafter, Carter was legally enjoined from announcing Mary Ambrose as Robert Palmer's girlfriend, but he had caused a tremendous amount of upset and confusion in the meanwhile.
Is it true that Robert Palmers manager Mick Carter was not invited to Robert Palmers funeral?
The funeral, which was in London, England, was intended only for family and close friends. Mick Carter was held in most of Robert Palmer's friends regards as an employee (his manager) who Robert Palmer was definintely friendly with, but not regarded as a close personal friend. Therefore, he was not in receipt of an invitation to the funeral.
