Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.Photo: Jennifer Pattinson for The Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall’s love of reading goes back to childhood — and she has her father to thank for it.
The royal, 73, recently launched her own book club on Instagram calledThe Reading Room, and she’s spent the past several weeks sharing insight into one of her favorite pastimes.
On Wednesday, she shared that her father, Major Bruce Shand, inspired her love of books and reading.
“I think it certainly came from my father, he was probably the best-read man I’ve come across, anywhere,” Camilla said in a video shared to her new Instagram account. “I mean, he devoured books. And so, he read to us, as children. He chose the books, and we listened. And I think it was the love of books, was ingrained in us, because you know, it was there from such an early age.
In December, Camilla launched The Reading Room, which is dedicated to “discover[ing] new books and meet[ing] the extraordinary people who create them.”
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“Ernest Hemingway, famously, once said, ‘There is no friend as loyal as a book.’ In these challenging times when we are isolated from the ones we love, many of us are finding comfort in reading, to fire up our imaginations, to take us on journeys and to make us laugh,” the royal said in a statement. “With that in mind here is a list of my dearest ‘friends.’ "
source: people.com
