United Kingdom, March 26 -- Queen Camilla is filming a documentary about the "life-transforming power" of books.

The 78-year-old royal - who established her Queen's Reading Room initiative during the COVID-19 pandemic - has been promoting the joy of reading and will further explore her own love of books, as well as that of her late father Major Bruce Shand, in a new special film for the BBC/

Speaking at a Clarence House reception on Wednesday (25.03.26), Camilla said: "I'm delighted to announce that we have partnered with the BBC and Blink Films for a major new documentary that will showcase the life-transforming power of books - my father's and my own experience included - for which the cameras are filming here this evening."

The rece...