Queen Camilla touring new facilities today (Image: Getty)
has been spotted in Exeter today for a poignant visit to the city’s new sexual assault referral centre (SARC).
The Queen looked stunning in a forest green wrap coat with her usual blonde blowout.
Camilla’s visit today saw her tour the new facilities, which included Forensic Medical Examination (FME) suites and clinical rooms and met staff who provide critical forensic and therapeutic care to service users.
She met SARC employees, including the Adult and Paediatric, Therapy and Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) teams, and the Devon & Cornwall Police lead officer on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences.
The Queen, who has long campaigned against domestic and sexual violence, also met privately with a member of the public who has had to use the services of the SARC in the past.
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Queen Camilla is shown a child’s examination room by pediatric doctor Hannah Law (Image: Getty)
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Camilla then saw how wash bags are made available to service users in a post examination room, and speak with representatives from Boots and the charity In Kind Direct about their partnership with SARCs.
The Wash Bag project was inspired by Her Majesty in 2013 and has been running nationwide providing survivors of sexual assault with toiletries to use following a forensic examination.
Shortly before her departure, Camilla unveiled a plaque to officially open SARC Exeter.
Back in 2021, the Queen, as the then Duchess of Cornwall, gave a powerful speech at an event hosted by Women of the World (WOW) at the Wellcome Collection in London, weeks after Sarah Everard’s kidnapping and murder by Wayne Couzens.
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While there, she condemned the way society has come to believe that “violence against women is normal” and said: “We do not, in any way, hold all men responsible for sexual violence. But we do need them all on board to tackle it. After all, rapists are not born, they are constructed.
“And it takes an entire community – male and female – to dismantle the lies, words and actions that foster a culture in which sexual assault is seen as normal, and in which it shames the victim.”
In October 2024, Devon & Cornwall SARC services opened SARC Exeter, one of the first new purpose-built centres developed specifically to meet new stringent UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) standards for SARC forensic services.
The Exeter centre offers both adult and children services, including therapy, and is a centre of excellence for paediatric care.