Queen Camilla is an avid reader (Image: BBC/Jack Barns)
has made a hilarious confession as she hosted an event close to her heart at Buckingham Palace. The 77-year-old met each winner during the 500 Words awards ceremony, which was filmed for a special episode of The One Show today – which marks World Book Day.
Asked if she still finds time to read, the Queen replied: “I do when I have a holiday”. In a candid and hilarious confession, she added: “I do try occasionally to read at night but I read two pages and fall asleep and have to start again.” The ceremony celebrated the achievements of six winners from two age categories – five to seven and eight to 11. Recognition was given to gold, silver, and bronze recipients in each group.
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Queen Camilla pictured at Buckingham Palace (Image: BBC/Jack Barns)
The Queen then presented medals to the winners before they were escorted back to their seats by Gladiators Nitro, whose real name is Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, and Fire, whose real name is .
The final ended with Jones and Fletcher singing McFly’s All About You, before the guests were invited to a reception.
Six illustrators – Momoko Abe, Dapo Adeola, Rob Biddulph, Yasmeen Ismail, Lydia Monks and Nigel Parkinson – were commissioned to illustrate the winning stories on display at the reception after the final.
Camilla is known to be an avid reader – as well as patron of a number of literary organisations and has been supporting the children’s writing competition since 2015.
Since it was launched in 2011 by Chris Evans on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, the competition has received more than one million stories from children in the UK.