Queen Consort Camilla commissions play in style of Jane Austen to celebrate writer’s wit
Queen Consort Camilla has commissioned a play in the style of Jane Austen. The 75-year-old royal, due to be crowned alongside her husband King Charles, 74, on May 6, wants the work to celebrate the ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author’s “brilliant sense of humour” and it will be performed at her charity’s first literary festival. Vicki Perrin, chief executive of Camilla’s Reading Room good cause, told the Daily Telegraph about the play, billed for a June 11 performance at Hampton Court Palace: “Her Majesty’s title for this performance will be revealed on the day, but I can tell you that it reflects he...