{"id":236128,"date":"2023-12-16T00:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T00:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/?p=236128"},"modified":"2023-12-16T00:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T00:44:40","slug":"queen-camilla-will-launch-a-weekly-podcast-called-the-reading-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/lifestyle\/queen-camilla-will-launch-a-weekly-podcast-called-the-reading-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla will launch a weekly podcast called the Reading Room"},"content":{"rendered":"
It seems anyone who’s anyone has a podcast these days. And the Queen is set to jump on the bandwagon herself, with a weekly audio version of her popular online book club.<\/p>\n
Camilla will personally star on The Queen’s Reading Room Podcast, which launches from January 8.<\/p>\n
Her Majesty, 76, is a bookworm who has used her royal role to promote reading and help improve national literacy.<\/p>\n
Her Instagram book club, which boasts 167,000 followers, was set up after she shared some of her lockdown reading favourites during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
It has since become a charity and launched its own annual literary festival at Hampton Court Palace, which will be held again next year on June 8. Now, in a royal first, the Queen will share her own ‘bookish treasures’ in an eight-episode series.<\/p>\n
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Queen Camilla will personally star on The Queen’s Reading Room Podcast, which launches from January 8<\/p>\n
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Her Majesty, 76, is a bookworm who has used her royal role to promote reading and help improve national literacy<\/p>\n
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Her Instagram book club has become a charity and launched its own annual literary festival at Hampton Court Palace, which will be held again next year on June 8<\/p>\n
Camilla will present the show alongside a series of star guests including Dame Joanna Lumley, Sir Ian Rankin, David Baddiel, Elif Shafak and Countdown’s Susie Dent.<\/p>\n
It’s hoped the podcast will create a space where book lovers \u2013 and those who wish to connect more with books \u2013 can hear straight from the mouths of literary heroes.<\/p>\n
Chief executive of The Queen’s Reading Room and podcast host Vicki Perrin said: ‘There is nothing quite like a brilliant book recommendation from a friend; but it’s even better when that person is one of your favourite authors or most admired persons.<\/p>\n
‘I hope that this podcast will inspire listeners to new literary adventures and help those wishing to love books a little more, find the books which set their imaginations alight.’<\/p>\n