The Queen Consort and violence against women

Love Camilla.

Here she is last year on Woman's Hour
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0014pfw

Camilla has been supporting DV charities for years.

If you believe reports in the media, she was asked not to be too public about it once she was officially acknowledged by the Royal Family.

It is said that when eventually all the pr people said okay go ahead have a big publicity day about your work with DV, she was then upstaged by some sparkly public appearance by Megan and Harry although they had been asked to not detract from her.

So please dont say it is just a stunt or about IWD. She has been active for years.

Blame the media for not reporting it.

Camilla and Sophie Wessex have both been brilliant on this. I agree with a PP that Camilla talks as though she knows soemone well who has suffered and it seems a cause very close to heart.

I believe Camilla has also long supported another "unsexy" charitable cause- adult literacy.

There was an episode on the Crime Analyst podcast which focused on the murder of Joanna Simpson by her ex-husband, just after they'd divorced. The episdoe started off explaining how Camilla met Joanna's mother (Diana Parkes) and became very involved in speaking out about domestic violence.

It's a very powerful episode and Diana Parkes is a very impressive woman. If anyone wants to list the episdoe is here:

105: The Crime Analyst | Ep 105 | Joanna Simpson: A Miscarriage of Justice, Part 1

I think Joanna falls under the it can't happen to "people like us" bracket. She came from a financially secure family, was independently wealthy and married a British Airways captain. All "perfect". Then when he started abusing her she did get away and divorced him. I seem to remember the family were even able to pay some sort of bodyguard (could be misremembering) to protect her. She had the money and support, she did everything "right" to get away and he still was able to very brutally murder Joanna with her children in the house.

Countess of Wessex's work on VAWG, rape as a tool of war and FGM usually goes unreported too.

It’s good to hear

I agree that despite making some questionable choices, she comes across as a straight forward person

I agree, she is most definitely sincere and committed about this. And I also suspect a personal connection.

She's been open n the fact that she's supported close friends who have been victims of VAWG in the past. It's a great step towards breaking the taboo that violence can't happen to "people like us"

Her ex husband was a notorious womaniser which is in itself a form of emotional abuse.

Yes, absolutely not a stunt.
I have always suspected that if she doesn’t have first hand experience of domestic violence she has been close to someone who has. She seems to be a very straightforward person and has chosen her causes carefully.

The fact that she has supported an osteoporosis charity for ages - which is not a ‘sexy’ charity by any means, but is mainly about women, suggests to me that she is sincere in caring about women. I reckon the timing is probably about IWD coming up.