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Queen Camilla Turns 79 as Palace Releases Portrait and Announces Children’s Book Gift Programme
Buckingham Palace released a new photograph of Queen Camilla on her 79th birthday. The monarch announced that every Year 6 child in the UK will receive a special edition of Impossible Creatures this Christmas.
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Queen Camilla marked her 79th birthday on July 17 with the release of a new photograph and the announcement of a nationwide children's book gifting programme. Buckingham Palace released the image showing the Queen in a long blue dress taken last month in the state drawing room of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
The palace said every Year 6 and P6 child across the UK will receive a special edition of the book Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell this Christmas.
Each copy will contain a personal message from the Queen describing it as a "brilliant fantasy that will introduce you to a host of mythical friends and terrifying enemies". The programme is run in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, of which Queen Camilla is patron, and forms part of the National Year of Reading 2026.
Last month the Queen met author JK Rowling at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to discuss their shared passion for books.
She has also supported the BBC's 500 Words creative writing competition for children, BBC News reported.
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