Queen Camilla is getting candid for the first time about an awful experience in her past.
The 78-year-old royal shared her story of assault on BBC Radio 4′s Today on Wednesday (December 31).
During the appearance, she spoke with the BBC’s John Hunt, whose wife Carol and daughters Hannah and Louise were tragically murdered in a crossbow and knife attack last July.
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“When I was a teenager, I was attacked on a train. I’d sort of forgotten about it. But I remember at the time being so angry,” she explained.
“Somebody I didn’t know. I was reading my book, and this boy – man – attacked me, and I did fight back.”
“I remember getting off the train and my mother looking at me and saying, ‘Why is your hair standing on end, and why is a button missing from your coat?’” she went on to recall.
“I had been attacked but I remember anger, and I was so furious about it, and it sort of lurked for many years…when the subject about domestic abuse came up, and suddenly you hear a story like John and Amy’s, it’s something that I feel very strongly about.”
The British royal family just stepped out to celebrate Christmas together.