{"id":442202,"date":"2026-02-24T02:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/442202\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T02:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:07:09","slug":"queen-tells-gisele-pelicot-her-new-memoir-left-her-speechless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/442202\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen tells Gis\u00e8le Pelicot her new memoir left her &#8216;speechless&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The two women sat down for tea together at Clarence House, where Pelicot was joined by her partner, Jean-Loup Agopian, and her literary and legal team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Queen first spoke to her guests in French, joking she had &#8220;forgotten&#8221; the language after studying it &#8220;60 years ago&#8221;. Afterwards, she spoke through an interpreter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pelicot said she had received &#8220;incredible strength&#8221; from the public after coming forward with her story. &#8220;You have so much support,&#8221; the Queen said in response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The meeting came after Pelicot launched her book at a sold-out event at London&#8217;s Royal Festival Hall on Friday. It featured readings from Hollywood actresses Kate Winslet, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas and Juliet Stevenson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last year, Queen Camilla sent Pelicot a letter praising her &#8220;extraordinary dignity and courage&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the letter, the Queen said Pelicot had &#8220;inspired women across the globe&#8221; and &#8220;created a powerful legacy that will change the narrative around shame, forever&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pelicot said the letter, which left her &#8220;overwhelmed&#8221;, was now framed in her office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The two women sat down for tea together at Clarence House, where Pelicot was joined by her partner,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-442202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}