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The Queen met members of the public at Chatsworth House during last year’s event
Queen Camilla’s literary festival is set to return to Chatsworth House for a second year, it has been announced.
The Queen’s Reading Room Festival, which debuted at Hampton Court Palace in London in 2023, took place at the stately home in Derbyshire for the first time in September 2025.
The Queen’s Reading Room, a charity she founded following the success of her Instagram book club in the Covid pandemic, said this year’s event would bring together an “outstanding” line-up of authors, including Harlan Coben, Lee Child, Clare Balding and Cecelia Ahern.
This year’s festival is due to take place on 19 and 20 September.
The Queen’s Reading Room Festival will return to Chatsworth House in September
Vicki Perrin, chief executive of The Queen’s Reading Room, said: “As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of The Queen’s Reading Room, it is a joy to announce the return of our festival to Chatsworth.
“Bringing so many remarkable authors, thinkers and storytellers to one place is a true privilege.”
Perrin said the charity was committed to “making reading accessible for all” and would be continuing a partnership with The Elm Foundation, a charity that supports people affected by domestic abuse.
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