Queen Camilla issues major warning with startling revelations: 'Complete and utter tragedy'

'How Queen Camilla escapes her woes,' a royal expert has revealed

Published October 10, 2026
My husband and I actually read before dinner.
"My husband and I actually read before dinner." 

Queen Camilla has issued a major warning as she gave some insight into the reading habits of her and her husband, King Charles.

In a new TV documentary, Camilla reveals about her own reading habits.

“If it’s been quite a hard week, my grandchildren will say I “completely chill out”, switch off the phone and read. It’s like the best tonic in the world,” she says. “You come out of it feeling better.”

Royal expert Richard Palmer in his latest substack, ‘How Queen Camilla escapes her woes’ also reveals queen’s remarks: “My husband and I actually read before dinner. We just like sitting quietly and reading. He loves biographies and PG Wodehouse.

“I occasionally when I’m deep in a book hear him roaring with laughter about something. It’s very off-putting. I can’t get back into my book or I’ll suddenly start weeping. But it’s a lovely, quiet time.

Camilla also warned, “I think it would be a complete and utter tragedy if books went for ever. It’s part of our heritage.”

“If there’s no reading, personally I think we might as well all give up because I don’t think we’d even be human any longer.”

The BBC Arts shared a clip of the new documentary, set to release on October 14, on its social media handles.

Mukhtar Ahmed Junejo
Mukhtar Ahmed Junejo is the Deputy News Editor at The News International (Digital) with over 10 years of experience. He specialises in real-time reporting on the British Royal Family and analyses monarchy transitions, internal dynamics, and global media narratives. He also covers high-profile celebrity news and international human-interest stories.