
From left, Britain's Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Camilla, The Queen Consort, Queen Rania of Jordan, Danish Crown Princess Mary, the first lady of Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio, and the first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska
(Picture: AP)Three Queens, a Princess and a Countess on Tuesday joined forces to urge the end of the “heinous crime” of violence against women.
The royal show of force at Buckingham Palace saw the Queen Consort make her first major speech in her new position, asking assembled guests to use the “precious opportunity to speak up and galvanise action” to halt rape and domestic abuse.