Queen Camilla has been praised for making reading “sexy”.

The 76-year-old royal – who is patron of a number of literacy charities and launched her own online book club, The Reading Room, in January 2021 – hosted authors shortlisted for the Booker Prize at Clarence House ahead of the presentation ceremony on Sunday (26.11.23), and author Sir Ben Okri paid tribute to how the queen’s love of the written word has inspired others to pick up a book.