Queen Camilla recounts being victim of attempted assault

By Aderinola Abimbola

The Queen of the United Kingdom, Queen Camilla has recalled how she was a victim of an attempted assault when she was a teenager.

This experience was disclosed in a book about the Royal family, Power and the Palace, written by the former Royal editor of the Times newspaper, Valentine Low.

Queen Camilla noted that she fought off her attacker using the heel of her shoe. The incident happened when she was around 16-years-old on a train to Paddington Station.

The assaulter was reported to have been touching her, she then took off her shoe and hit him. The incident was reported and the man was also arrested.

Queen Camilla also made reference to this experience while giving a speech in 2020. She stated that women who have endured or experienced assault are not victims, but victors.

“Through my work, I have talked to many women who have lived with coercive control and domestic violence. And, thankfully, come out at the other end as the victors not the victims. They are some of the bravest people I have ever met. Their stories are harrowing and have reduced even the toughest of their listeners to tears. That is why it is so vital that these survivors should no longer feel any shame or any blame,” she said.