Camila Rosemary Shand, Queen of England decided to share publicly for the first time one of the most painful episodes of her adolescence. According to her revelation, when she was between 16 and 17 years old, she suffered a sexual assault during a train trip to Paddington station in London.
Shand said that when she was a teenager, she was traveling alone while reading a book, a stranger approached her and began sexually assaulting her. Following her mother’s teachings, the queen was not intimidated and defended herself.
“I took off my shoe and hit him in the testicles with my heel,” the monarch confessed.
His quick defense allowed him to escape and get off the train at the next station. Upon arriving at his destination, his mother immediately detected that something serious had happened when she observed his messy hair and the absence of a button on his coat. The young woman sought out a uniformed officer at Paddington station and reported what had happened, which led to the subsequent arrest of the attacker.
Episode marked his existence
The queen described her emotional response after the attack forcefully and explained that she felt a lot of anger beyond her fear.
“They had attacked me, but what I remember above all is anger, I was furious,” Camila declared.
This feeling of rage became the driving force that drove her to become actively involved in the fight against sexual violence.
The monarch admitted that the memory had remained “hidden in the back of her brain for a long time.” “Somehow I forgot,” he confessed, although he clarified that these types of traumatic experiences can resurface with intensity even decades later. Your decision to make this experience public responds to the purpose of supporting other victims.
