New photograph marks Queen's 79th birthday
Queen Camilla celebrated her 79th birthday with the release of a new portrait and the announcement of a national literacy initiative. The program will gift copies of Katherine Rundell's 'Impossible Creatures' to UK schoolchildren to promote reading.
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Image source, Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Buckingham Palace By Noor Nanji Royal correspondent Published 28 minutes ago A new photograph of Queen Camilla has been released to celebrate her 79th birthday.
The picture, showing the Queen in a long blue dress, was taken last month in the state drawing room of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
Buckingham Palace said the Queen was marking her birthday with a renewed commitment to supporting children's literacy, with the announcement that every year 6 and P6 child across the UK will be gifted a special edition of the book Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell this Christmas.
Much of the Queen's public work supports reading and literacy, including the creation of the Reading Room charity designed to promote the benefits of reading.
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