{"id":215243,"date":"2026-04-30T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215243\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:35:29","slug":"queen-camilla-sits-down-for-rare-us-interview-with-president-george-w-bushs-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215243\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla sits down for rare US interview with President George W Bush&#8217;s daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Camilla sat down with Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former US President George W Bush, for an exclusive interview during her visit to the New York Public Library on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation, recorded on day three of the Their Majesty&#8217;s State Visit to America, focused on the Queen&#8217;s dedication to promoting literacy and her experiences during the trip.<\/p>\n<p>NBC&#8217;s TODAY programme announced the interview on Instagram, stating: &#8220;In a TODAY exclusive, Jenna Bush Hager spoke to Her Majesty Queen Camilla about her visit to the U.S. and the Queen&#8217;s passion for reading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The literary engagement formed part of a packed schedule at the iconic Manhattan venue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"36be3\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"0252e1715a42d361970e34917ff98d0a\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20712'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/queen-camilla-and-jenna-bush-hager.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"712\" alt=\"Queen Camilla and Jenna Bush Hager\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Queen Camilla sits down for rare US interview with President George W Bush&#8217;s daughter<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>NBC UNIVERSAL<\/p>\n<p>The Queen&#8217;s Reading Room, which Her Majesty established in 2023, operates as a charity dedicated to championing the transformative impact of books throughout Britain and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Vicki Perrin, who serves as Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, accompanied Mrs Bush Hager at the library event.<\/p>\n<p>The reception drew an impressive gathering of literary and cultural figures, with approximately 100 guests from the publishing world in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Among those present were Vogue editor Anna Wintour, author Harlan Coben, and actress Sarah Jessica Parker, herself a prominent advocate for reading initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"73b29\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"ea3c8830adeb86142d082c27a5db7158\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20712'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777548928_242_queen-camilla-and-jenna-bush-hager.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"712\" alt=\"Queen Camilla and Jenna Bush Hager\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jenna Bush Hager has been a journalist for 17 years<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>NBC UNIVERSAL<\/p>\n<p>Ms Parker remarked: &#8220;Every time you shine a spotlight on reading and the relationship between a reader and a book and how it changes lives and enriches lives and cultivates empathy and curiosity, I&#8217;m so grateful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Viewers can catch a preview of the conversation on NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas.<\/p>\n<p>The complete interview will be broadcast on Thursday, April 30.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"073a8\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"955b05bbc28bdc92cb4eda3c7cc0143c\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20712'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777548929_137_queen-camilla-and-jenna-bush-hager.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"712\" alt=\"Queen Camilla and Jenna Bush Hager\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Queen Camilla rarely sits down for in-depth interviews<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>NBC UNIVERSAL<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"490f0\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"94220eda8a5ac6d05ecd43b662848a96\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%202501'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/queen-camilla-and-jenna-bush-hager.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2501\" alt=\"Queen Camilla and Jenna Bush Hager\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Queen Camilla and Jenna Bush Hager pictured at the New York Public Library<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY<\/p>\n<p>The Queen also used her time at the library to present a special gift to the institution&#8217;s famous collection of Winnie the Pooh teddy bears, which originally belonged to author A.A. Milne&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n<p>Her Majesty donated a replacement Roo doll, crafted by British toymaker Merrythought, as the original character has been missing from the collection for some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla sat down with Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former US President George W Bush, for an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,1433,122,124,123,6665,55900],"class_list":["post-215243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queen-camilla","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-royal","tag-sgg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}