Overview
- The Queen attended Jamie’s Farm Raceday at Plumpton Racecourse on 23 February, meeting students, alumni, staff and supporters before presenting prizes to race winners.
- Jamie’s Farm supports at-risk pupils through farm-based residential programmes and operates seven UK sites, including one in Lewes.
- The engagement carried local significance because Camilla spent part of her childhood in Plumpton.
- Footage showed her arriving and departing by royal helicopter, prompting online criticism from commentators who alleged a taxpayer-funded aircraft was used for a “day at the races.”
- After the raceday, she met French survivor Gisele Pelicot at Clarence House, where she said she was “shocked” by the account shared during their conversation.