The Queen has met with authors at the second annual Queen's Reading Room Literary Festival at Hampton Court Palace, in South West London. Queen Camilla spoke with Harlan Coben, Emily Giffin, Lee Child and Miriam Margolyes among others, including discussions about her busy week attending D-Day commemorations in France and King Charles' health. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 [BIRDS CHIRPING]
00:03 Hi, Marcia.
00:17 Nice to see you again.
00:18 Nice to see you again.
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00:40 Well, you've had a busy week.
00:41 [LAUGHTER]
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00:46 It was beautiful weather.
00:47 Amazing ceremony.
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01:00 Your Majesty, thank you so much for inviting me to kick-end
01:04 this year.
01:04 It's been great.
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01:07 Oh, it's happening.
01:08 I just got the most wonderful chat with the man
01:10 that we've been talking about the--
01:11 Yes!
01:12 --who's just happened to have great friends with Catherine
01:14 Goodman.
01:14 We just gave a big party for her at the Royal Drawing School
01:17 at my house in Los Angeles.
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01:34 I'm used to standing on a big stage,
01:36 and then I walk through the courtyard.
01:37 [LAUGHTER]
01:39 OK, thanks.
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01:42 At this point, I'm introducing you to the number one New York
01:44 Times best-selling author, Emily Giffen,
01:46 who is your biggest fan.
01:47 And she is-- she is so excited to be here.
01:50 I came over for your coronation.
01:52 I just told my--
01:53 Did you cry, Mom?
01:54 Yes, I slept on the street for two nights.
01:55 You did?
01:56 I did.
01:57 I did.
01:57 I did.
01:58 I'm so proud of you.
01:59 It's an honor of my lifetime.
02:01 So thank you.
02:02 And thank you for all you've done for me.
02:03 I've had a school in New York.
02:05 Yes, she's told you all--
02:06 All of it.
02:07 Yes.
02:08 She's in--
02:08 She's in Cobo.
02:09 Yes, to declaring status, which-- but I messed up all--
02:13 He's very sorry that we didn't allow--
02:15 [LAUGHTER]
02:16 I'm sorry, guys.
02:17 He-- he-- he got it right.
02:20 I'd be horrified.
02:21 [LAUGHTER]
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02:31 [LAUGHTER]
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02:35 Yes, you said-- you tell people that you found me in the
02:38 kitchen making a cup of coffee.
02:40 And I haven't got the nerve to deny your story,
02:43 which is totally untrue.
02:44 You've shared it with so many people.
02:46 [LAUGHTER]
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02:48 [LAUGHTER]
02:51 I've got-- yeah, I'm now three years into it.
02:54 And I've got my scans on Monday and the results on Wednesday.
02:58 And you probably have the same routine of scans and checking.
03:01 Yeah, yeah.
03:02 It's very difficult.
03:03 The word that I never heard before was "scan dieting."
03:06 So you've-- you've seen the three months.
03:08 Yeah.
03:09 Yeah.
03:10 And you get to the point on Monday,
03:12 and I'll be very nervous about it.
03:14 And then Wednesday, you see what happens.
03:16 And then they give me another three months.
03:18 Thank you.
03:19 You look very well, too.
03:20 Yeah, yeah.
03:21 May we-- may we compliment each other for the rest of our lives.
03:24 [LAUGHTER]
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03:26 And now, ladies and gentlemen, Vicky Perrin,
03:31 chief executive of the Queen's Reading Room.
03:34 Let me say what a pleasure it has been to host today,
03:38 celebrating the power of the written word.
03:42 The authors who have joined us here today
03:45 represent some of the world's finest creative minds,
03:49 whose stories transport us, entertain us,
03:54 and show us our commonality with new characters
03:57 and new adventures.
03:59 And at the same time, 60% of the UK adult population
04:03 say that their screen time--
04:05 [LAUGHTER]
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04:32 And it's a wonderful initiative created
04:35 by Her Majesty the Queen.
04:37 And we are so thrilled that she is here with us tonight.
04:40 So yes, well done, Your Majesty.
04:42 Thank you so much for being here.
04:44 [APPLAUSE]
04:46 Some of you are writing here, as you remember.
04:51 A lovely lady who lived well into her 90s
04:53 and read voraciously, learned poetry.
04:57 And this play didn't start on a card.
04:59 He'd written it.
05:00 And I did.