{"id":371390,"date":"2026-10-12T22:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/371390\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:28:12","slug":"queen-camilla-reveals-king-charles-off-putting-nighttime-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/371390\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla Reveals King Charles&#8217; &#8216;Off-Putting&#8217; Nighttime Habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Queen Camilla;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/queen-camilla\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Camilla<\/a> is getting candid about one of\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:King Charles&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/life\/topic\/king-charles\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">King Charles&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0most\u00a0&#8220;off-putting&#8221; habits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My husband and I actually read before dinner. We just like sitting quietly and reading,&#8221; Camilla says in a new BBC documentary, &#8220;The Book That Changed My Life.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">News: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Diana&#039;s Brother Claims King Charles Hissed: &#039;We&#039;ll Forget Her Soon Enough!&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/king-charles-told-princess-dianas-brother-well-forget-her-soon-enough_n_6aaad87ee4b0288deb0e5238?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Diana&#8217;s Brother Claims King Charles Hissed: &#8216;We&#8217;ll Forget Her Soon Enough!&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I occasionally \u2015 when I&#8217;m deep in a book \u2015 hear him roaring with laughter about something. It&#8217;s very off-putting,&#8221; she exclaimed. &#8220;I can&#8217;t get back into my book, or I&#8217;ll suddenly start weeping, but it&#8217;s a lovely, quiet time.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The queen is an avid supporter of literature, and said in the documentary that\u00a0&#8220;if there&#8217;s no reading, personally we might as well all give up. Because I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;d even be human any longer.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. <a data-ylk=\"slk:Support HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/support?utm_campaign=yahoo-rr\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Support HuffPost<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She also spoke about how impactful reading was on her own life, as Camilla said she\u00a0&#8220;left school quite young.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;In my day, women didn&#8217;t go to university, so I think reading has been most of my education,&#8221; <a data-ylk=\"slk:the royal shared;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cm70pee7l57do\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the royal shared<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Buzz: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Diana&#039;s Brother Responds To Buckingham Palace&#039;s &#039;Condescending&#039; Statement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/princess-diana-brother-buckingham-palace_n_6ab13fece4b09ae53890d9e9?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Diana&#8217;s Brother Responds To Buckingham Palace&#8217;s &#8216;Condescending&#8217; Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Camilla is an incredibly passionate reader, and even launched her own book club, called The Queen&#8217;s Reading Room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Reading Room has an annual festival, regularly shares book recommendations through social media, and even gives out <a data-ylk=\"slk:a Queen&#039;s Reading Room Medal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc0q8AmiLQI\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a Queen&#8217;s Reading Room Medal<\/a>, which &#8220;celebrates the extraordinary &#8216;reading heroes&#8217; who champion books and storytelling across the nation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On <a data-ylk=\"slk:the charity&#039;s website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the charity&#8217;s website<\/a>, Camilla writes that\u00a0&#8220;books \u2014 from authors around the globe \u2014 have enriched my life since I was a child.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It has therefore been such a joy to watch my Reading Room grow over the years into a thriving book community,&#8221; she added.\u00a0&#8220;Now a charity, I hope that we, together with our partners, can foster in adults and children alike a lifelong love of literature and connect more people with that special magic that can only be found in the leaves of a book.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read Next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Read the original on HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/queen-camilla-king-charles-habit_n_6accec4ee4b0a568b68e8786?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read the original on HuffPost<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla is getting candid about one of\u00a0King Charles&#8217;\u00a0most\u00a0&#8220;off-putting&#8221; 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