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Queen meets Gisele Pelicot and praises rape survivor's 'extraordinary dignity'
Queen Camilla praised Gisele Pelicot's courage after a trial convicting 50 men for sexual offenses, highlighting Pelicot's impact on changing the narrative around shame.
- At Clarence House, Queen Camilla met Gisèle Pelicot on Monday and praised her 'extraordinary dignity and courage' in a letter sent last year.
- Waiving anonymity, Gisèle Pelicot said shame should fall on her abusers after a trial in Avignon ended in December 2024 with 50 men guilty and Dominique Pelicot convicted.
- Meeting over tea, the two women spoke for about 30 minutes and Camilla said, `I read it in the last two days, I couldn't put it down`, leaving her speechless by the memoir.
- Promoting her memoir in the UK, Gisèle Pelicot has become a global symbol after waiving anonymity, and Camilla said she had 'inspired women across the globe' during the UK tour.
- Against a backdrop of recent royal scrutiny, the Queen received Pelicot at Clarence House as Camilla, who was attacked as a teenager, reinforced her long campaign against domestic and sexual violence.
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Queen Camilla Meets Gisèle Pelicot at Clarence House: “Your Story Has Left Me Speechless”
Pelicot wrote ‘A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides,’ a gripping memoir about her escape from marital sexual violence that Queen Camilla said she read in just two days, telling the author, “I couldn’t put it down.”
Queen Camilla Has Tea With Gisèle Pelicot, Symbol Of The Fight Against Sexual Violence
The Queen told the French rape survivor that she was left “speechless” by Pelicot’s memoir, which details how her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot drugged her and allowed other men to rape her while she was unconscious over nearly a decade.
Queen Camilla meets Gisèle Pelicot, a symbol of the fight against sexu
PARIS (AP) — Britain’s Queen Camilla told French rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot on Monday that she was left “speechless” by Pelicot’s memoir, as the two met over tea at Clarence House in a private meeting rich with symbolism. Pelicot, 73, is in Britain at the end of a U.K. tour for her memoir, “A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides,” which was launched Friday at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The event drew a sellout crowd of more than 2,000, w…
Gisèle Pelicot (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, 73), a symbol of the struggle against macho violence, which she herself suffered for years as a victim of a process known as the Mazan rapes, has just published her book of memoirs, A hymn to life (Lumen, 2026). As the author herself declared exclusively during a conversation for El País Semanal, this work has been for her “a way of knowing me, of understanding how she was still standing [after so…
A moving meeting in Clarence House: Queen Camilla receives Gisèle Pelicot – and confesses that her story made her speechless.
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