Overview

• Camilla welcomed guests at Chatsworth House on Friday, met the public and authors, and took in a Jane Austen performance and exhibition tied to the author’s 250th anniversary.
• She apologized for a husky voice and said she has been talking a lot in recent days, a light update following her withdrawal from a Requiem Mass due to acute sinusitis earlier in the week.
• The Queen placed books into a new donation station, with all festival contributions destined for The Elm Foundation to support people affected by domestic abuse.
• She joined a reception with leading figures including Richard Osman, Jilly Cooper, Jojo Moyes, Robert Harris and Rupert Everett, underscoring the festival’s high‑profile draw.
• In a speech, she traced The Queen’s Reading Room from a lockdown book list to a charity with an online community of about 180,000 and a 12‑million annual audience, cited research on reading’s stress relief, and joked about re‑enacting Pride and Prejudice’s lake scene.