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Queen Camilla Leads Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Chatsworth After Brief Illness

The engagement highlighted reading’s wellbeing benefits, with donated books destined for The Elm Foundation’s service users.

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The Queen suggested a re-enactment of Colin Firth’s scene at the lake at Chatsworth House
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Overview

  • The Queen attended the third annual Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Chatsworth House on September 19, engaging with festivalgoers and charity partners.
  • She met participants in a grassroots outreach project and joined a discussion on reading and mental health with The Elm Foundation and neuroscientist Professor Sam Wass.
  • Her programme included watching a Jane Austen performance, viewing Austen-related items, and greeting crowds gathered for an outdoor screening of Pride and Prejudice.
  • She placed books in a new donation point, with all volumes collected during the festival to be distributed to people supported by The Elm Foundation.
  • Offering a light update on her recovery from acute sinusitis, she noted her voice was strained after a busy week that included hosting Donald and Melania Trump during the US President’s State Visit.