Queen Camilla has revealed that she struggles to find time to read as she hosted an event to celebrate the final of BBC’s prestigious 500 Words creative writing competition.
The Queen also admitted that she falls asleep whilst reading at night.
When asked if she still finds time to read, Camilla said: “I do when I have a holiday”.
She added: “I do try occasionally to read at night, but I read two pages and fall asleep and have to start again.”
Queen Camilla has revealed that she struggles to find time to read as she hosted an event to celebrate the final of BBC’s prestigious 500 Words creative writing competition
PA
The event, hosted at Buckingham Palace, brought together finalists, judges and celebrity readers for the UK’s most prestigious children’s writing competition.
During the ceremony, televised during a special 30-minute episode today on BBC, Her Majesty presented medals to the competition winners.
The event’s broadcast coincides with World Book Day.
Camilla, who is a patron of several literary organisations, is known to be a keen reader.
Camilla is known to be a keen reader
BBC
The Queen has supported the 500 Words competition since 2015.
The competition, run by BBC Teach and supported by The One Show, encourages children of all abilities across the United Kingdom to write without fear of spelling, grammar or punctuation errors.
This year’s competition received almost 44,000 entries from young writers.
LATEST ROYAL NEWS:
Queen Camilla has supported the 500 Words competition since 2015
BBC
The ceremony celebrated the achievements of six winners from two age categories: five to seven years and eight to eleven years.
Gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in each group.
Six illustrators were commissioned to illustrate the winning stories.
The competition has received over one million stories from children throughout the UK since its launch in 2011.