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Queen Camilla reveals teenage fascination with the guillotine

Original: "you have to love a documentary in which Queen Camilla reveals that as a teenager one of her favourite books was The Sca

In a new documentary, Queen Camilla revealed that as a teenager one of her favourite books was The Scarlet Pimpernel, admitting she was 'sort of obsessed' at the time by the guillotine. Readers and royal watchers are sharing the quote widely, amused by the future queen's unexpected adolescent fascination with the French Revolution's executions.

Why now: The surprising and darkly funny confession from the Queen is an unusually candid royal anecdote.

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• "you have to love a documentary in which Queen Camilla reveals that as a teenager one of her favourite books was The Scarlet Pimpernel because “I was sort of obsessed at that time by the guillotine”. ’I’m sorry, what? Could we back up a moment?" # reading # books #… · luvan@mamot.fr · 2

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