Overview
- Camilla recounted being about 16 or 17 when she was attacked on a train, saying she fought back and felt intense anger.
- Her remarks came during a BBC Radio 4 Today discussion on abuse that featured John Hunt and his daughter Amy and was moderated by former prime minister Theresa May.
- She linked her disclosure to the Hunt family case, in which Hunt’s wife Carol and daughters Hannah and Louise were murdered in 2024 and the perpetrator was later jailed for life.
- Previous accounts in a book and tabloids describe her striking the assailant with a shoe and his subsequent arrest, details she did not confirm in the interview.
- Journalist Valentine Low has reported that Camilla privately mentioned the incident to Boris Johnson in 2008, and she hosted the Hunts at Clarence House in November 2025.