Queen Camilla is being credited with saving lives thanks to her campaigns about domestic abuse.
The royal has been working with women’s charity Refuge for eight years in a bid to raise awareness. Its chair Hetti Barkworth-Nanton claims Camilla’s support has been so effective it has helped victims escape being killed at the hands of abusers.
She told the Daily Star: “So many people listen to what Camilla has to say. It makes survivors believe people care. It gives them hope. It makes such a difference.
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“Camilla is saving lives, without a shadow of a doubt.”
Camilla has hosted a string of events to help domestic abuse victims and charities. Hetti is thrilled she has been so committed to the cause.
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She said: “I first met Camilla in 2016 and she vowed she would do something. When she became Queen Consort, she could have turned and said, ‘I’m a more senior royal, I need to focus on other things now’. But she didn’t.
“Instead she said, ‘Now I’ve got a much bigger voice and I really want to keep talking about this issue’. That’s incredible.”
Camilla’s latest project is a hard-hitting documentary for ITV.
Over the past year she has let a camera crew follow her as she met victims of domestic abuse and visited a women’s refuge.
She said: “I think through getting some of the wonderfully brave survivors to speak up and talk has made people sit up and listen. The more they talk about it, it’s going to encourage more people to come forward.”
Camilla plans to campaign for as long as she can.
Asked about the hope to end domestic violence, she said: “Let’s not kid ourselves, it’s going to take a long, long time. It’s been going forever, it’s been going since time began.
“But I think if you look at the steps we have taken since the bad old days, we have made a huge amount of progress and I shall keep on trying until I’m able to no more.”
Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors will air on November 11 at 9pm on ITV1.