CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses domestic violence.
Queen Camilla has opened up about her personal experience of indecent assault, revealing the attack made her “furious”. This is the first time the royal has spoken publicly about the incident.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s programme Today, Camilla recalled the moment she fought off a man who attacked her on a train when she was just a teenager.
“When I was a teenager, I was attacked on a train,” Camilla began.
“I’ve sort of forgotten about it, but I remember at the time being so angry.”
The royal revealed she was reading her book while riding the train when the man attacked her.
“I did fight back,” she continued.
“I got off — I remember getting off the train and my mother looking at me and saying, ‘Why is your hair standing on end?’ and ‘Why is the button missing from your coat?’ But I remember anger, and I was so furious about it, and it’s sort of lurked for many years.”
Although the attack made her “furious”, Camilla didn’t speak out until other women came forward with their own experiences.
This time around, Camilla hopes to use her platform as a royal to highlight domestic violence, which has been labelled a “taboo subject” to the point that survivors don’t speak out about it.
“I thought, well, if I’ve got a tiny soapbox to stand on, I’d like to stand on it,” she continued.
“And there’s not a lot I can do except talk to people and get people together.”
This is the first time Camilla has spoken about the incident publicly. The royal previously recalled the attack in Valentine Low‘s 2025 book Power and Palace.
According to Low’s book, Camilla’s recollection of the incident in Power and Palace was based on what she told former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he was Lord Mayor of London.
The queen was reportedly on a train to Paddington Station when a man sitting next to her attempted to touch her. Camilla then removed her shoe and bashed him in the groin. When she reached Paddington, she told a man in uniform about the incident, resulting in the perpetrator’s arrest.
In the interview — which took place alongside the surviving family members of Louise Hunt, Hannah and Carol, who were killed by Louise’s ex in July 2024 — Camilla praised John Hunt and his daughter Amy for their advocacy to end domestic violence.
“Wherever your family is now, they’d be so proud of you both,” Camilla said.
“And they must be, from above, smiling down on you and thinking, ‘My goodness me, what a wonderful, wonderful father, husband, sister’. They’d just be so proud of you both.”
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