Queen Camilla – who has campaigned against domestic violence and sexual abuse – met Prof Fiona Vera-Gray and senior research fellow Jo Lovett from the unit.
The women met Camilla more than 10 years ago, when Vera-Gray was involved with the Rape Crisis charity.
“It was one of the first charities that she [Camilla] supported – not so publicly at the time, but it was there,” Vera-Gray said.
“What we spoke to her about was how much that meant for ourselves as workers, but also for survivors, that someone was willing to take up a public platform on an issue that is so unspoken and taboo.”
Lovett said: “The King was also very complimentary about the fact that a unit from a university such as ours, which is not the most prestigious compared to some others in the room, was also at the table.”
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