Just reading about the Queen’s Reading Room Festival

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Has anyone here ever been?

A British Literary Festival Fit for a Queen
The second annual Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace celebrated what Queen Camilla has called the “great adventure” of the written word.
By Jennifer Harland

The palace once again opened its grounds for a royally sanctioned celebration of the written word: the second annual Queen’s Reading Room Festival.

“To me reading is a great adventure,” said Queen Camilla, who started her Reading Room charity as a virtual book club in 2021, when the pandemic prevented most in-person adventuring. Today, the initiative helps promote the joy of reading by highlighting books selected by the monarch.

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/books/queens-reading-room-festival.html

I was at it this year.

It is a lovely day. Lots of different events to chose from during the day. Like any festival multiple events were on at the same time so you couldn’t go to everything.

i really enjoyed the poetry clinic and the Dickin’s readings.

Do you pay for entry then pay for all other events inside? Is it worth going if you don't pay for any inside events?

Sounds like such fun - not only because of the specific events, but partly because I imagine a lot of people just very happy to be there.