RUSHES: King Charles III and Queen Consort host Literary Reception
King Charles III and Queen Consort host Literary Reception; ***FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY USED***
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ENGLAND: London: Clarence House:
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King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort down stairs
Camilla, Queen Consort reading speech SOT
- Your Majesty, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a huge pleasure to welcome you all writers, publishers and book lovers to Clarence House / a week late, but Covid free / so thank you for re-jigging your busy diaries and coming today
- Just over 60 years ago, John Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature / he gave a stirring speech on that occasion, a copy of which should, I believe, be on the desk of every author, as an encouragement and as a reminder of the ancient commission of the writer
- He said this, I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practised it through the ages
- I would like to take this opportunity to echo that lions roar on your behalf and, of course, to rectify the unaccountable omission of great and good women
- All of you here must take the most enormous pride in your profession and in the part that you play in bringing joy, comfort, laughter, companionship and hope through your writing / you open our eyes to others experiences and remind us that we are not alone / human beings have always needed the connection of literature its wisdom as well as its sheer escapism / in todays challenging climate, we need it more than ever / since my childhood, I have known this to be true / but after I launched my Reading Room, two years ago, I have received countless letters and online comments that have demonstrated to me that this is a universal truth
- As some of you may know, my Reading Room started as a list of 9 of my favourite books, literally scribbled on a piece of paper during the first lockdown / it is now a global community of over 155,000, sup...
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