Queen Camilla has granted unprecedented entry to Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doorways, a brand new documentary about her work round home violence, which is able to air Monday, November 11.
Camilla, who has lengthy advocated for elevated consciousness round home violence, allowed a digital camera crew to movie her at Clarence Home, the place she lives with King Charles, and at a collection of engagements the place the royal held conferences with survivors and activists.
The queen, who has been working within the area of home violence for over a decade and is patron of the charities Refuge, Girls’s Support and SafeLives, agreed to participate within the documentary from manufacturing firm Love Monday for ITV, to boost consciousness across the difficulty.
“One of the most difficult things about domestic abuse, to understand, it’s not the bruises and the black eyes, which, unfortunately you see, through violence, this is something that creeps up very slowly and, far too often, it ends up with women being killed,” Camilla says within the movie. “You meet somebody, you think they’re wonderful and attractive and love you…and then bit by bit, they start to undermine you. They take away your friends, they take away your family…and then when you start questioning it…these people become very violent.”
The 90-minute movie tells the story of six survivors of home abuse and options interviews with former Prime Minister Theresa Might, Cherie Blair, Dame Helen Mirren and actor Patrick Stewart, a Refuge ambassador.
Her Royal Highness additionally met with Diana Parkes, whose daughter, Joanna Simpson, was killed by her estranged husband. Moved by the expertise, Camilla says, “I think she’s so strong, because not many people would be able to survive the death of their daughter. I admire her more than I can say.”
It’s the primary time Queen Camilla has allowed cameras to movie her finishing up such private work. Govt producer Naveed Chowdhary-Flatt stated that Camilla was “very warm and receptive.”
“The queen was very generous with her time and has given our cameras exclusive access over the past year to chart the work that she does around the arena of domestic violence which has, until now, largely stayed behind closed doors,” she stated. “The queen has been working in this field for a decade. We wanted to make a film that tells the story about the important work she does.”
The Palace additionally granted the filmmakers entry to quite a few engagements, together with visits to a refuge. In accordance with Chowdhary-Flatt, “We were an all-female crew and we were given remarkable access to the queen but also to the charities the queen works with. They helped us find people who were willing to talk about their experiences anonymously and sometimes for the very first time.”
She added, “You hear a lot of ‘The queen’s good with people’ but seeing her walking around the refuge you are struck by how genuine her work is. She’s not just a mouthpiece and this is not a fluffy issue. It’s difficult and horrible and she has been willing to put her name and face to this cause. She really listens to these people and cares about their stories, and she remembers people. Not once did we have to brief her. What surprised me was her knowledge and it’s obvious she really knows her subject.”
Theresa Might, who made coercive and controlling behaviour an offence throughout her tenure as Prime Minister, says within the movie: “I think it’s incredibly important that Her Majesty shows an interest in this issue. We’ve come a long way…but sadly there is more to do. The police get a call about domestic abuse once every 30 seconds.”
Within the documentary, Queen Camilla pledges to proceed her advocacy work. “Don’t kid ourselves, it’s going to take a long, long time because it’s been going forever. It’s been going since time began. But I think if you look at the steps that we’ve taken since the bad old days, we have made a huge amount of progress, and I shall keep on trying until I’m able to no more,” she says.
This text initially appeared on Vainness Truthful.
