Words matter. These are the best Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Spending time with a book is much more than just learning to read.
I’d be out in my garden all day, every day if I were allowed.
I don’t think I’m tough but I do think I’m quite a strong character.
The nice thing is I really love people and I am really curious about them.
When I sit down with my team before an engagement, sometimes they are horrified as I say I don’t want to read the biographical brief because I prefer to prise information out of people. It becomes like a game. The stories that come out, I could write a book about.
I like them cooked but I tell you what I really like – eating peas straight from the garden. If you take them straight from the pod they are delicious and really sweet.
Reading to our children and our grandchildren is something we can all try to do every day of the year. Not only does it give us pleasure but it leads them on a voyage of discovery and enrichment that only books can bring.
I sometimes think to myself, ‘Who is this woman? It can’t possibly be me.’ And that’s really how you survive.
Sometimes you get up in the morning and think you can’t do it, and you just have to. The minute you stop it’s like a balloon, you run out of puff – you sort of collapse in a heap. I think you live on adrenaline.
Anything I plant, to actually watch it grow gives me great pleasure.
One of my favourite plants is English lavender but it doesn’t have the best reputation for growing in the Highlands.
Far too often, those living with abuse do feel there is no one to help. I have learned how vital it is to spread the word about the help that is available.
To actually leave your home and somebody you have probably been with a long time is very brave.
My husband is a workaholic, so he will work wherever he is.
I have so many friends who, if I ever even vaguely look like getting uppity, which touch wood I never have, they would just say, ‘Look, come on, pull yourself together! Don’t be so bloody grand!’
You have all these glossy magazines which are read by young girls, who then go on a diet and try to be thin to emulate the models they see.
I was hopeless with the Internet, I didn’t even like it either. As I said before, I thought ‘what an annoying thing’ you know, it’s doing all these terrible things.
Sadly, there are many children who have not yet been given the chance to ‘discover the magic of reading, or set foot in the worlds you can discover on bookshelves.
No one knows what goes on behind any front door.
Turning the pages of a favourite book creates a very special bond with our grandchildren, but it’s not just an indulgent pleasure.
You’ve got to laugh through most things.
I’m ashamed to say that I really hated the Internet. I didn’t understand it and I thought, ‘What’s the point of this?’
What particularly concerns me is the rise of osteoporosis in young people and its link with eating disorders.
Over the years, I have been privileged to meet many women, men and children who have escaped domestic abuse and who are determined to tell their stories to save others.
For about a year, when we lived at Middlewick, I couldn’t really go anywhere. But the children came and went as normal – they just got on with it – and so did great friends. I would pass the time by reading a lot – more than I’d ever have been able to in a normal life.
Other people’s lives are so much more interesting than one’s own.
If you are a positive person, you can do so much more.
I’m riveted by other people’s lives so it’s never a hardship to talk to people.
People haven’t really acknowledged the issues of coercive control, which can be terrifying, it really is one person’s word against another.
I think dancing makes you happy.
The nice thing about dogs is you can sit them down, you could have a nice long conversation, you could be cross, you could be sad, and they just sit looking at you wagging their tail!
We were brought up in a very happy family and I can’t whinge about my childhood because it was idyllic.
I will be a patron of Battersea as long as I am standing.
Manchester is a past master at bringing light to dark times.
We all know that reading is an invaluable life skill. It is vital for children in their education and as they take their place in the grown-up world.
