On Wednesday, Queen Camilla went on the first royal walkabout since Kate Middleton announced her cancer diagnosis, and gave the crowd an update on the princess’s condition.
During a visit to Shrewsbury Farmers’ Market in Shropshire, the queen spoke to two young girls. According to the BBC, sisters Harriet and Lois Waterson, were holding signs that read “Send our love to Kate.”
“I shall send this off to Catherine, she’ll be thrilled,” the queen said as she accepted the posters. “I’ll take them carefully and we’ll make sure she knows they’re coming.”
The visit to the farmer’s market was Camilla’s second event since the Princess of Wales announced her cancer diagnosis in a video disseminated to news organizations last Friday. On Tuesday, the queen hosted a Buckingham Palace event announcing the results of a study undertaken by her literature charity, the Queen’s Reading Room, with a guest list including actors Dame Joanna Lumley and Helena Bonham Carter alongside writers Harlan Coben, Sir Ian Rankin, Donna Tartt, Ken Follett, and Michael Dobbs.
The study, which the charity released Wednesday, was a qualitative and quantitative review of reading’s effects on health and wellbeing, supplemented by a neuroscience study which asked participants to complete a number of reading-related tasks while their brain waves, biometrics results, and skin conductance. According to the report, five minutes of reading can reduce stress by nearly 20% and improve concentration and focus by as much as 11%.
In a speech at the palace, Camilla spoke about Sir Noel Coward, a poet and playwright who was also a friend of the Queen Mother, quoting a few of his lines about a “marvelous party” where the guests got drunk.
“Interestingly, Coward frequently said he wasn’t really one for parties, but that he would rather be at home with an apple and a good book,” she continued. “While I hope that none of you is currently wishing the same, it is, of course, primarily our shared love of good books that has brought us together this evening—that and the need to celebrate and thank you all and to do all we can to promote a passion for reading.”
Following an event where she shared the results of a Queen’s Reading Room study, the queen went to Shropshire where she accepted posters that read ”Send our love to Kate.”
On Wednesday, Queen Camilla went on the first royal walkabout since Kate Middleton announced her cancer diagnosis, and gave the crowd an update on the princess’s condition.
During a visit to Shrewsbury Farmers’ Market in Shropshire, the queen spoke to two young girls. According to the BBC, sisters Harriet and Lois Waterson, were holding signs that read “Send our love to Kate.”
“I shall send this off to Catherine, she’ll be thrilled,” the queen said as she accepted the posters. “I’ll take them carefully and we’ll make sure she knows they’re coming.”
The visit to the farmer’s market was Camilla’s second event since the Princess of Wales announced her cancer diagnosis in a video disseminated to news organizations last Friday. On Tuesday, the queen hosted a Buckingham Palace event announcing the results of a study undertaken by her literature charity, the Queen’s Reading Room, with a guest list including actors Dame Joanna Lumley and Helena Bonham Carter alongside writers Harlan Coben, Sir Ian Rankin, Donna Tartt, Ken Follett, and Michael Dobbs.
The study, which the charity released Wednesday, was a qualitative and quantitative review of reading’s effects on health and wellbeing, supplemented by a neuroscience study which asked participants to complete a number of reading-related tasks while their brain waves, biometrics results, and skin conductance. According to the report, five minutes of reading can reduce stress by nearly 20% and improve concentration and focus by as much as 11%.
In a speech at the palace, Camilla spoke about Sir Noel Coward, a poet and playwright who was also a friend of the Queen Mother, quoting a few of his lines about a “marvelous party” where the guests got drunk.
“Interestingly, Coward frequently said he wasn’t really one for parties, but that he would rather be at home with an apple and a good book,” she continued. “While I hope that none of you is currently wishing the same, it is, of course, primarily our shared love of good books that has brought us together this evening—that and the need to celebrate and thank you all and to do all we can to promote a passion for reading.”