Queen Camilla Reportedly Used Her โคShoe toโค Defend Against Assault in Her Teens
Aโ remarkable story of self-defense has โemerged from a new biography of the โBritish Royal Family.According โขto reports in British media, Queen โCamilla, then a teenager, physically defended โherself against an inappropriate advance on a train, โคreportedlyโข striking her attackerโ with her shoe.
The incident, โฃdetailedโฃ in Valentin Low’s forthcoming book,โ Power and the Palace, whichโค is being serialized in The Sundayโฃ Times, allegedly occurred when Camillaโ was 16โค or 17 years old. The โฃbook claims a manโ madeโ anโข unwantedโ physical advance towardsโค her during a train journey. โข Camilla responded decisively, removing โฃher โshoe and using it to strikeโข the man.
Upon arrival at the train station in London, the incidentโค was reported โขto authorities, and theโค manโฃ wasโฃ afterward arrested by police. โ The book further states that Camilla later โrecounted โthe event to then-London Mayor Boris Johnson.
Buckingham โคPalaceโฃ has not yet issued an official statementโ regarding the report.โค The revelation has quicklyโ garnered importantโข attention inโค the British press, sparking โขdiscussion about the Queen’s previously unknown experience.
This โincident takes on added โฃresonance โคgiven Queen Camilla’s more recent andโข prominent work advocating for victims of violence.โ She isโข a patronโ of the charity Safelives, which supports those โaffected by domestic โขabuse, and earlier this year, she sent a personal letter of support to Gisรจle Pelicot, whose husband was sentenced to 20 years in prison for decades โขof rape andโข sexual โคassaultโ committed with accomplices.
Power and the Palace is alreadyโ generating headlines โฃwith other revelations.โ Previous excerpts published by The Sunday โTimes โreportedlyโค detail the late Queen Elizabeth II’s privateโฃ support for remaining in the European Union.โค The book also contains newโข insightsโค into the current King Charles III and his son, Prince William.