Overview
- The palace confirmed a private tea at Clarence House where the queen and Pelicot spoke for about 30 minutes through an interpreter, with Pelicot’s partner Jean-Loup Agopian present.
- Camilla told the 73-year-old she read A Hymn to Life in two days and said Pelicot’s case left her “speechless,” after previously praising her “extraordinary dignity and courage” in a letter.
- Pelicot’s ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, is serving 20 years for drugging and raping her over nearly a decade, and about 50 other men were convicted in the 2024 Avignon trial.
- The meeting capped Pelicot’s U.K. book launch at London’s Royal Festival Hall, where Kate Winslet, Kristin Scott Thomas and Juliet Stevenson read excerpts to a sellout audience.
- The encounter came as the royal family faces renewed scrutiny over the Andrew–Epstein fallout, adding resonance to Camilla’s long-running advocacy on sexual and domestic abuse.