Queen Camilla says King Charles's laughter disrupts her reading

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 13:08 · Archive

Queen Camilla has revealed that King Charles's laughter while reading sometimes makes her weep and disrupts her concentration.

Queen Camilla has opened up about her reading routine with King Charles in a new BBC documentary. The couple spend time reading together before dinner at their home, with the King enjoying biographies and PG Wodehouse novels.

The Queen explained that she occasionally becomes absorbed in her own book when the King suddenly bursts into laughter. She said: '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 discussed her lifelong love of reading in the documentary, crediting her father, Major Bruce Shand, with introducing her to books from a young age. She noted that reading became 'most of my education' after she left school young, at a time when women typically did not attend universities. She described how her father read to her when she was very young, which she said transported them 'into all sorts of other worlds'.

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• Queen Camilla 'weeps' after 'off-putting' King Charles behaviourQueen Camilla has revealed that she sometimes "weeps" after "off-putting" behaviour by King Charles.Oxfordshire Guardian · 13 Oct, 12:30
• Queen Camilla 'weeps' after 'off-putting' King Charles behaviourQueen Camilla has revealed that she sometimes "weeps" after "off-putting" behaviour by King Charles.Oxford Mail · 13 Oct, 12:30

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