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Queen Camilla Publicly Recalls Teenage Train Attack in BBC Radio 4 Interview

Her disclosure on BBC Radio 4 linked personal experience to calls for early education to counter misogyny.

Overview

  • The remarks aired on December 31 during BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in a pre-recorded Clarence House discussion with John and Amy Hunt, guest-edited by Theresa May.
  • Camilla said a stranger attacked her on a train when she was a teenager, recalling that the memory had long “lurked” and that she felt “so furious.”
  • Earlier reporting in Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace said she struck the assailant with her shoe and reported him at Paddington, where a man was arrested.
  • The broadcast connected her testimony to the Hunts’ advocacy after the 2024 murders of Carol, Louise and Hannah Hunt and to a Hunt Family Fund gala on January 1.
  • She emphasized early intervention in schools and tackling online radicalisation of young men, saying open conversation can be cathartic for survivors.