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Hello! Magazine's recent article on Queen Camilla's first public appearance since King Charles' hospitalization shows that she took pictures with a literary legend!
Elephant Family, a conservation charity founded by Queen Camilla's late brother, Mark Shand, hosted a real life sculpture of Humpty Dumpty, the living egg man who first appeared in Samuel Arnold's Juvenile Amusements in 1797.
Despite his blue skin and hands, Humpty Dumpty's official name during Elephant Family's exhibit was "Green Man Humpty Dumpty Egg." The blue and green sculpture was one of the 123 that made up The Elephant Family's "The Big Egg Hunt" exhibition.
What is The Big Egg Hunt?
According to Hello! Magazine, The Big Egg Hunt is a campaign that will raise money to preserve Asian wildlife. Ideally, the 123 egg sculptures will be auctioned off so conservation experts working in the field can have the resources they need to protect Asian animals.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are joint patrons of Elephant Family and often collaborate with conservation experts themselves. From the outside looking in, it appears like these efforts would fit perfectly with the work Prince William does with the Earthshot Prize.
When admiring the star sculpture of the show, Queen Camilla said that it looked like a real Humpty Dumpty. Her Majesty also said that the sculpture sounded like a beautiful idea when she first heard about it.
Hello! Magazine explains that the "Green Man Humpty Dumpty Egg" sculpture was commissioned by the King and Queen. The egg's more leafy elements are a nod to the royals' love of nature and conservation.
Alice Shirley, the artist who created the sculpture, collaborates with Hermes (yes, THAT Hermes) and is an alumna of the The Royal Drawing School and Byam Shaw School, Central St Martins.
While talking about her creation, Alice said that she used acrylics on a shell that was made from recycled plastic. She wanted the final product to combine visual elements from Humpty Dumpty and the traditional folk story about the Green Man.
Two Coldstream Guardsmen posed beside the Humpty Dumpty sculpture in full uniform so they could recreate the famous line "All the King’s Horses and all the King's Men" line from the nursery rhyme in real life.
All in all, it seems like Queen Camilla had a great time supporting the event. I hope it gave her some time to get away from all the stress building up inside the House of Windsor.