Overview
- Camilla welcomed the winner, shortlisted authors, judges and supporters to Clarence House a day after the ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London.
- David Szalay won for Flesh, received £50,000 and a trophy, and became the first Hungarian‑British author to take the Booker.
- The five-person panel chaired by Roddy Doyle included Sarah Jessica Parker, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Chris Power and Kiley Reid, who spent the year considering 153 novels.
- Parker told the Queen the judging role was the one she was most proud of, describing months of concentrated reading and praising Flesh.
- The reception also spotlighted the Booker Prize Foundation’s new Children’s Booker Prize, announced last month for fiction aimed at ages eight to 12.