Queen Camilla stuns in green as she alludes to years of bad press coverage in major speech
Queen Camilla has stepped out for a solo evening at the glitzy Foreign Press Association Awards.
Queen Camilla has poked fun at the years of bad press she received when news of her affair broke out with a then-Prince Charles.
Camilla referenced the many years that followed as she and the now King Charles rekindled their relationship and eventually married in 2005 at the Foreign Press Association Awards in London this evening.
Addressing the audience, she said: “I know, second-hand, a little of the responsibility of your profession. There are journalists in my family...and I have even been the subject of one or two stories myself over the years... I have also had the opportunity to visit a significant number of newsrooms and have seen how tough your work is.”
Camilla, who wore emerald green, added: “Particularly, if I dare say so, for women, who, despite the many hurdles they have faced, have been among the bravest reporters of all.
“From trailblazers like Martha Gelhorn and Christiane Amanpour, to those such as Marie Colvin (an FPA Journalist of the Year) and Daphne Caruana Galizia, who have so tragically paid with their lives, their courage was matched only by their conviction that the truth matters."
Camilla's outfit of choice was a velvet green dress by ME+EM and Eliot Zed's black pumps, paired with her own earrings by Van Cleef and Arpels.
The Queen was received at the Sheraton Grand by the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir Ken Olisa.
The 76-year-old was then welcomed to the Foreign Press Awards by Deborah Bonetti, who is the Director of the Foreign Press Association, and Dagmar Seeland, the President of the Foreign Press Association.
After being formally welcomed, the Queen met the FPA Committee, judges and the 33 nominees in every journalism category
at the Awards in the Tudor Rose Room.
A group photograph was then be taken of Her Majesty and the nominees.
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Following this, the Queen joined the ceremony in the Ballroom, and prepared to give her keynote speech to those in attendance.
The royal will also then, before departing, be presented with an Honorary Membership of the Foreign Press Association.
Queen Camilla was crowned in the same coronation ceremony as the King back in May.
The royal, who officially married into the Royal Family in 2005, is set to welcome her own family to join the royals this Christmas.
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King Charles will extend invites to Camilla's family this year as the guest list for the royal's Christmas at Sandringham is set to be altered.
When she was the wife of the former Prince of Wales, Camilla was regularly known to have hosted her children and grandchildren at her private family home in Wiltshire for Christmas.
As well as being stepmother to William and Harry, Camilla has two children of her own - as well as five grandchildren.