Queen Camilla collaborated with an all-female film crew to make a documentary about domestic violence
Queen Camilla granted unprecedented access to Her Majesty the Queen: Behind closed doorsa new documentary about her work around domestic violence, will air on Monday, November 11 in the UK.
Camilla, who has long advocated for raising awareness of domestic violence, allowed a camera crew to film her at Clarence Housewhere she lives with King Charlesand at a series of gatherings where the royal family held meetings with survivors and activists.
The Queen, who has worked against domestic violence for more than a decade and is a patron of charities refuge, Women’s aid And Safe lifehas agreed to take part in a documentary produced by the company that produces Monday Love for ITV, aimed at raising awareness of the issue.
“One of the hardest things to understand about domestic abuse, it’s not the bruises and the black eyes, but unfortunately, you see, through the violence, this is something that happens very slowly and often leads to As a result, women are killed,” Camilla says in the film. “You meet someone, you think they’re amazing and attractive and love you…and then slowly, they start putting you down. They take your friends, they take your family… and then when you start questioning it… these people become very violent.”
The 90-minute film tells the stories of six survivors of domestic abuse and features interviews with the former Prime Minister Theresa May, Cherie Blair, Lady Helen Mirren and actors Patrick Stewart, a refugee ambassador.
Her Royal Highness also met Diana Parkeswhose daughter, Joanna Simpson, was murdered by her estranged husband. Touched by the experience, Camilla said: “I think she is very strong because not many people can survive the death of their daughter. I admire her more than I can say.”
This is the first time Queen Camilla has allowed cameras to film her doing such personal work. Executive producer Naveed Chowdhary-Flatt mentioned separately Vanity fair that Camilla was “very warm and receptive.”
She said: “The Queen is incredibly generous with her time and has given our cameras exclusive access over the past year to chart the work she does around the area of domestic violence which Until now much of it has taken place behind closed doors.” “The Queen has been working in this field for a decade. We wanted to make a film that told the story of the important work she did.”
