Camilla has long been a campaigner against sexual and domestic violence, speaking out about the issue on many occasions.<\/p>\n
Last year, she wrote a private letter to Pelicot, 73, who was drugged and raped for a decade by her now ex-husband and strangers he enlisted online.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was tremendously affected by the Madame Pelicot case in France and that lady\u2019s extraordinary dignity and courage,\u201d a palace source told Newsweek magazine at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause as she rightly put it, why should she be made to feel like a victim or hide away in shame?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Trying to rebuild\u2019<\/p>\n
Pelicot, who waived her right to anonymity during the 2024 trial of her ex-husband and dozens of strangers who raped her while she was unconscious, said she had been \u201coverwhelmed\u201d to receive Camilla\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n
Pelicot\u2019s husband, Dominique, was tried alongside 50 other men and sentenced to 20 years for aggravated rape in the southern French city of Avignon in December 2024.<\/p>\n
Dozens of men who visited the family home to rape Gisele Pelicot, who was unconscious after being drugged by her husband, were handed terms of between three and 15 years.<\/p>\n
Gisele Pelicot, 73, was drugged and raped over a decade by her husband and strangers. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
Pelicot has been in the UK to promote her book, titled A Hymn to Life, which covers the full arc of her 50-year marriage.<\/p>\n
She told AFP earlier this month: \u201cI\u2019m doing better. After the trial, I took stock of my life and today I am trying to rebuild on this field of ruins.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite all these ordeals, even in the darkest periods, I have always sought flashes of joy; I am looking towards the future, towards joy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know this may surprise some who expect to see me in tatters, but I am determined to remain standing and dignified.\u201d<\/p>\n
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