Overview
- Buckingham Palace said the Queen received Gisèle Pelicot on Monday at Clarence House in London.
- The meeting lasted about 30 minutes and was described as emotional, with the Queen saying Pelicot’s account left her “without words.”
- Camilla told Pelicot she read Et la joie de vivre in two days and that she was shocked by the testimony it recounts, according to PA.
- Pelicot’s UK events include a Royal Festival Hall reading featuring actors such as Kate Winslet and Kristin Scott Thomas.
- Her memoir, released on February 17 by Flammarion in 22 languages, follows a 2024 Avignon trial that convicted about 50 defendants and sentenced her ex-husband to 20 years.