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Evening Standard
Robert Jobson

Queen Camilla battles cough as Her Majesty welcomes 'fellow bookworms' to annual literary festival

The Queen welcomed “fellow bookworms” to her third literary festival on Friday. Her Majesty, 78, croaked an apology for her voice while at her Reading Room Festival at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire.

“I’m sorry if my voice gives halfway through but as you can imagine I’ve been doing quite a lot of talking the last few days,” she said. “I’ll try to hang onto it.”

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