HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, (ClarenceHouse) who will shortly celebrate her 75th birthday, talks candidly to Vogue’s GilesHattersley about what life has taught her and the causes that matter to her most.
In truth, though, she was “touched” to receive our shoot invitation. After a life spent at the centre of the British upper classes, the last 17 as wife to the future King, the notion of sitting for her firstIt’s her 75th birthday on 17 July, so she thought, “Why not?” Not that she’s big on birthdays; even less so these days. “Who wants to be 75, really, but there’s nothing we can do about it,” she tells me later.
In short, yes. The tools of choice in her mission? Old-school classics such as public service and keeping one’s head down. Yet, despite her aversion to the glitzier beams of the spotlight, and presumably with some grave reservations about the press in general, she didn’t blink at our request for this interview, her first in-depth print profile for some years. For the camera, she gamely offers several outfit changes from her wardrobe, while engaging the team in some jaw-dropping small talk.
“I think we all know somebody who it’s happened to,” the Duchess says, of her work with survivors. “I was hearing it too often, from friends who knew friends, and I thought maybe Aside from her official appearances, The Duchess of Cornwall also makes regular private visits to refuges in south London, to speak with women and men. “Also, whenever we go on a trip, we try and find refuges, wherever it is in the world, and go and see people. It’s interesting to see what’s happening in other countries.” She’s keen to share expertise, and recently became patron of thein Lagos, Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral centre.
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