Queen Camilla is to appear in a BBC documentary about the life-changing power of books.
The Queen will reflect on the childhood experiences that sparked her passion for reading and reflect on the comfort she still finds in books.
In what programme-makers describe as a "special and intimate contribution", Queen Camilla will talk about her father Major Bruce Shand's love of the written word and the strength it gave him when he was held in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War Two. He went on to share his passion for reading with his daughter.
On Wednesday, she hosted a literary reception at Clarence House to celebrate the fifth anniversary of her Reading Room book club charity.
The documentary, to be broadcast later this year, will mark the UK's National Year of Reading and will be produced in partnership with The BBC and the Open University.
