Queen hosts reception for domestic abuse survivors

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Queen Camilla hosts a reception for the domestic abuse survivors' charity 'SafeLives' to mark its 21st anniversary. Amongst the guests were broadcasters Janet Street-Porter and Denise Welch.      Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Hello.

00:01Hi.

00:02Hello.

00:03Hi.

00:04Are you Becky?

00:05I am.

00:06Nice to meet you.

00:07My name's Maya.

00:08Oh.

00:09Maya's just here.

00:10Oh.

00:11Hello.

00:12Hello.

00:13How are you?

00:14I'm very well, thank you.

00:15Thank you for the lovely note.

00:16I really appreciate it.

01:17You'll be pleased to hear I'm not going to make a speech, but as a very, very proud patron

01:25of Saved Lives, I just really wanted to thank all of you here for everything you're doing

01:31for domestic abuse.

01:34Nothing would have happened without you, and Saved Lives has contributed so much to domestic

01:42abuse.

01:43If it wasn't for Dianne Barron, who I see hiding in there, sitting round that kitchen

01:49table, it wouldn't have happened.

01:51I certainly wouldn't be here now, and it's just covered so many areas, and it's touched

01:58so many people, and it's saved so many lives, literally, Saved Lives, and I would not be

02:06standing here if it was 10 years ago, and none of you would have been standing here

02:10because we wouldn't have been talking about it.

02:13It was a taboo subject, and nobody actually wanted to talk about it, but now, here we

02:19are, 10 years later, we've got survivors telling their stories who have been too, you know,

02:26years ago they would have been too ashamed to come forward to tell their tales, but now

02:31they'll get up and they'll talk and they'll inspire others to talk, so it's just to say

02:36we've come a really long way, so we must go on doing the same thing, so all I can say

02:42is onwards and upwards, and a very happy 21st birthday to Saved Lives.

03:06I fondly think that when you sweetly sounded the Christmas card, yeah, yeah.

03:16Oh, well, I surprised you, no, I watched, I couldn't believe it.

03:24I know, I popped up, and I thought to myself, can I get lots of the nice little things,

03:34can I get lots of the nice little things, can I get lots of the nice little things.

04:34I think there's a bit of, sorry, still working away, I guess.

05:02Yeah, I'm here, beside you.

05:06How did they get you on board?

05:08I invited them, yeah.

05:10We got on with them straight away.

05:12Well it's so important to have all the people.

05:14Yeah, we all work together.

05:16But yeah, it's so nice having you.

05:24It is really nice, to find space to play.

05:26It's really important.

05:32Yeah, it's really important.

05:34Lovely to meet you.

05:38It's nice to see you again.

05:42It's so nice to meet you.

05:48Well it's lovely to get together with you.

05:50Yeah, absolutely, it's so nice to see you again.

05:54It's so nice to see you again.

05:56There we are.

05:58Thank you so much for hosting today.

06:00It was beautiful, yes.

06:04I know, it's suddenly got quite warm.

06:06It's so cold here.

06:08Oh no.

06:10Yeah, it's a beautiful spring day.

06:14So I've got Bamboo, which is a small grassroots organisation for women who are experiencing domestic abuse in Nottingham and Darting.

06:24So it's still really busy.

06:26He's two and a half now, so he's a big boy.

06:28Quite a hat.

06:30Yeah, absolutely, he's gorgeous.

06:32How have you been? You've been okay?

06:34Yeah, absolutely.

06:36Busy, busy, busy.

06:38We're off to Italy next week.

06:40A bit of sun and fun.

06:42A bit of fun.

06:44A bit of a process.

07:12Oh, you did?

07:14Yes.

07:30I joined the panel right from day dot, right back in the beginning.

07:32It was like 2020?

07:34Yeah.

07:36I joined the panel and I've loved every minute of it.

07:38It's really helped me get through.

07:42I suppose having women that understand and want to listen and you feel heard.

07:46I had the joy of meeting Diana many, many years ago.

07:50And that was the beginning of...

07:52I've not seen this just before.

07:54And I was, I sort of created with Petty.

07:58I thought it was that event that you came to on 20 December.

08:02Oh, it's great.

08:04She's a little dino.

08:06She's rushing around like a rocket.

08:08She's two.

08:10Two at a time.

08:12And I'm out as a result.

08:14I'm so proud of you.

08:16And I still think of it as a gift.

08:18I'm not done yet.

08:20I'm not done yet.

08:22I'm not done yet.

08:24I'm not done yet.

08:26I'm not done yet.

08:28I'm not done yet.

08:30I still think of it as a gift.

08:32I'm not done yet.

08:34I'm not done yet.

08:36I'm not done yet.

08:38I was so worried last time.

08:40I was worried.

08:42How long has it been?

08:44How long has it been?

08:46Two years.

08:48It's been two years.

08:50Obviously we're running the schools and educating people.

09:30I want one.

09:36I think it's very hard at the minute, being in this heavy industry, it's pretty hard.

10:03It's hard, most of all hard.

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