Queens unite! Queen Camilla joins forces with Queen Mathilde for The Queen's Reading Room podcast
Queen Camilla's uber-popular reading podcast The Queen's Reading Room, has gotten a massive royal endorsement from Belgium's Queen.
Queen Mathilde of the Belgians was announced to have recommended three books to Queen Camilla's Reading Room. The announcement was made via the TQRR's Instagram page and the charity's website.
Book Recs from Her Majesty The Queen of the Belgians
Her Majesty The Queen of the Belgians chose:
- The Burgundians by Bart Van Loo
- Celebration of the Everyday by Colette Nys-Mazure
- Those Who Forget by Géraldine Schwarz
Royal Endorsements
Queen Mathilde is not the first royal to give book recommendations to the Queen's Reading Room. Queen Camilla's stepdaughter-in-law, Catherine, the Princess of Wales gave children book recs for World Book Day in 2022.
Even King Charles himself gave his wife book recommendations to be added to the website when he was The Prince of Wales.
The Authors Have Their Say
There are so many other recognisable names who have given recommendation for The Queen's Reading Room. Several of these include:
- The late Hilary Mantel (author of Wolf Hall)
- Philip Pullman (author of His Dark Material trilogy)
- Kate Mosse (author of Labyrinth)
- Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love)
- Philippa Gregory (author of The Other Boleyn Girl)
- Delia Owens (author of Where The Crawdads Sing)
- Amor Towles (author of A Gentleman in Moscow)
- Anthony Horowitz (author of the Alex Rider series)
- Markus Zusak (author of The Book Thief)
The Queen with a love of books
When it comes to book recommendations, The Queen tries to be as diverse as she can with who she chooses. One of the people who has given recommendations is the First Lady of Sierra Leone.
Queen Camilla's passion for books has led to her turning her reading room into a podcast, website and Instagram sensation. She has also started a literature festival, which has featured many famous faces including Helena Bonham Carter and Joanna Lumley.
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