The “very funny” Duchess of Cornwall has expressed her passion for reading during a meeting with the dual Booker Prize winners. The “very funny” Duchess of Cornwall has expressed her passion for reading during a meeting with the dual Booker Prize winners. She met Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo for tea at Clarence House after award judges chose to break the rules and split the annual prize. The Duchess of Cornwall with 2019 Booker prize winners Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo (Aaron Chown/PA)The duchess, who last year presented the Booker to first Northern Irish winner Anna Burns, said she was sad to have missed this year’s ceremony. Camilla is a patron of the National Literacy Trust and Book Trust and a long-time supporter of the Booker Prize.

Source: Irish Independent October 15, 2019 17:03 UTC