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Queen Camilla Publicly Recounts Teenage Train Assault in BBC Radio 4 Discussion

She used the rare personal disclosure to push a broader conversation about violence against women.

Overview

  • The remarks aired on BBC Radio 4’s Today in a pre-recorded Clarence House panel with John and Amy Hunt guest-edited by Theresa May.
  • Camilla said a stranger attacked her while she was reading on a train as a teenager, recalling that she fought back and felt "so angry" and "furious."
  • Earlier reporting in Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace described her striking the assailant with a shoe and reporting him at Paddington, leading to an arrest, details not newly confirmed in the broadcast.
  • The discussion linked the Hunts’ 2024 family murders to wider concerns including online misogyny and the case for early education to prevent abuse.
  • Buckingham Palace amplified the segment by posting a short video clip from the programme on the royal family’s official social channels on December 31.