Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.Photo: Jennifer Pattinson for The Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall’s virtual book club is here!
“To me, reading is a great adventure,” Camilla, 73, said in a video shared on the Reading Room’s Instagram page. “I’ve loved it since I was very small and I’d love everybody else to enjoy it as much as I do. You can escape, and you can travel, and you can laugh and you can cry. There’s every type of emotion humans experience in a book.”
New books will be added each season, with the second list of recommended reads expected this spring.
The Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room
“Ernest Hemingway, famously, once said, ‘There is no friend as loyal as a book.’ In these challenging times when we are isolated from the ones we love,many of us are finding comfort in reading, to fire up our imaginations, to take us on journeys and to make us laugh,” the royal said in a statement. “With that in mind here is a list of my dearest ‘friends.’ "
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One of Camilla’s key causes in her royal life is promoting literacy.
“As an enthusiastic reader, The Duchess works to promote the benefits of reading both to children and adults,” according to herpageon the royal family’s website. “She often reads aloud to children, and has engaged with adult readers aiming to improve their reading skills. She is Patron of a number of literacy charities, including the National Literacy Trust, Book Trust, First Story, the Wicked Young Writer’s Awards and Beanstalk. Her Royal Highness has been an Honorary Judge for the BBC Radio 2 500 Words creative writing competition since 2016.”
source: people.com
