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Camilla recently became a Patron of Silver Stories, the charity which connects children with older people with a shared love of reading. Silver Stories was established in 2016 by Elisabeth Carney Haworth and her husband.
The aim was to reduce loneliness in older people by creating intergenerational relationships, and increasing the literary skills of children.
The child, referred to as the Silver Reader, reads parts of their favourite books out loud to the older adult, the Silver Listener during a five to ten-minute long phone call.
The project improves children’s reading capabilities and provides social interaction for the older individual.
The Duchess of Cornwall spoke with children involved in the project this week, and called two Silver readers to encourage them.
Camilla also paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh during the public engagement over the weekend.
The Duke of Edinburgh was interested in book reading and even held the patronage of BookTrust.
Camilla has now inherited this role and she has dedicated her book club’s reading list to the late Prince who tragically died aged 99 in April.
An Instagram post was shared by Clarence House showing Camilla speaking to the children, and a photo of Prince Philip and the Queen can be seen in the background.
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“I think you’re doing an absolutely brilliant job. So, thank you very much indeed.”
The Duchess of Cornwall also paid tribute to Prince Philip by dedicating four books to the Duke of Edinburgh to launch season two of her online book club in April.
She wrote: “As Patron of BookTrust, which I inherited from my late father-in-law His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, I would like to dedicate the next series of my Reading Room to him, in memory of a great fellow reader.”
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