At an event to mark the annual celebration of her literary charity, which turned five this month, Queen Camilla makes the case that our best selves are to be found on the shelves T his is a version of a speech given by the Queen at a Literary Reception Clarence House on 25 March 2026 I find it hard to believe that it is five years since I founded my Reading Room , at the height of lockdown, with the simple aim of sharing my lifelong conviction that books make life better. Since then, it has