Camilla meets the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition winners and runners-up at a reception at St James’s Palace.She hosted the competition presentation ceremony, where singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, former Spice Girl Geri Horner and acclaimed children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson were among the celebrities reading the winning entries and runner-ups.
00:00I took time to tell them about when I appeared in Hamlet.
00:04It was not very successful, to be honest.
00:07The audience did not...
00:08I have two writers.
00:10Hi, you're stupid.
00:12Yes, yes, yes.
00:12I know you have to say this.
00:15Sorry, sorry.
00:18How are you?
00:21Are we coming back to do it together?
00:23Yes, amazing.
00:24What do I need?
00:25I'm starting to do it.
00:27I'm trying to divide myself.
00:29You have an itch for writing, boring.
00:33It's quite incurable.
00:35What are you going to do with it?
00:37All of you here now know about the incurable itch for writing.
00:43And you know exactly what you're going to do with it.
00:47You put it to excellent use,
00:50covering up people, places, lists and magic
00:53to describe our Commonwealth journey.
00:56It's almost alarming, the wisdom of these young people.
01:02And of course, this competition is...
01:04Education, and especially when it comes to girls in India,
01:07it's something that I've always been very passionate about
01:10and advocate for it.
01:12So writing this essay just came to me instantly.
01:14And it was like a four-hour session.
01:16I sat down, wrote the essay.
01:18So that's how I did it.
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