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LONDON \u2014 Britain\u2019s Queen Camilla fought off an indecent attack when she was a teenager by taking off her shoe and bashing the assailant in the groin, according to a new book on the royal family.<\/p>\n
Camilla was on a train to London\u2019s Paddington Station in the mid-1960s when the man next to her reached out and attempted to touch her, according to an excerpt from \u201cPower and the Palace\u201d by Valentine Low, a former royal correspondent for the Times of London. She told former Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the attack when he was mayor of London.<\/p>\n
\u201cCamilla said, \u2018I did what my mother told me, I took my shoe off and whacked him in the nuts with the heel,\u2019\u2019\u2019 Low told the BBC. \u201cWhen she got to Paddington, this in a way is the crucial bit of the story, she found a man in uniform and told him what had happened and the man was arrested. \u2026 She did the responsible thing.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The story drew widespread coverage in the British media on Monday, with headlines ranging from the Daily Telegraph\u2019s basic \u201cQueen fought off sex attacker\u201d to the Sun\u2019s tabloid-style \u201cCamilla whacked groper in goolies.\u201d Whatever the approach, the tale is sure to add to Camilla\u2019s reputation as a no-nonsense woman who has brought a bit of grit to the royal family.<\/p>\n
The story was related to Low by one of Johnson\u2019s former aides, who believed the incident was the reason for Camilla\u2019s outspoken support for charities that work with victims of domestic violence. She has been reluctant to speak about it because her experience, while upsetting, was less serious than the attacks suffered by other women and girls, Low said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe didn\u2019t want to draw attention to her at the expense of their experiences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the report.<\/p>\n
\u201cPower and the Palace\u201d will be published later this month. But the book, which details the relationship between the monarchy and Britain\u2019s political leaders, has already attracted attention with excerpts published in the Times of London that suggest the late Queen Elizabeth II opposed the U.K.\u2019s decision to leave the European Union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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