The Queen has supported literary charities and organisations for a number of years.
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The Queen has hailed a leading fiction competition for bringing female voices from the “margins” to the “very centre” of the literary world.
Camilla made a surprise appearance at an open-air event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and met the shortlisted authors for this year’s award.
Camilla presented the winners of the BBC 500 Words writing competition with medals at a Windsor Castle ceremony.
Camilla announced the film during a Clarence House reception celebrating the fifth anniversary of her Queen’s Reading Room book…
Camilla attended a reception at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, alongside writers and actors.
Julia Gillard, former prime minister of Australia, is chairing this year’s judging panel
The Queen’s visit in Edinburgh came as a push to get more people in the UK involved in reading and literacy.
‘Books do make life better, and this is only the beginning,’ says Camilla
