{"id":2122788,"date":"2025-10-29T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2122788"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:02:12","slug":"artist-nearly-fainted-after-discovering-work-was-for-queen-camilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/artist-nearly-fainted-after-discovering-work-was-for-queen-camilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist ‘nearly fainted’ after discovering work was for Queen Camilla"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Queen Camilla received the gifts during her visit to Bromham Community Hub<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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An artist says she “nearly fainted” when she found out a portrait she had been commissioned to draw was a gift for the Royal Family.<\/p>\n

Queen Camilla was presented with the painting of her rescue dogs Bluebell and Beth – who died last year – and a picture of her adopted puppy Moley as she officially opened Bromham Community Hub<\/a> in Wiltshire on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Artist Hannah Hurst, who lives in Calne, said she was commissioned to paint the picture by the village’s V&P farm shop – but no one told her the dogs belonged to the Queen.<\/p>\n

When presented with the picture of Moley, the Queen said: “I’m going to show it to her \u2013 I’m sure she’s going to recognise herself.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The artist, 44, had only realised her work was a gift for the Queen when she was later shown a photograph of the King and Camilla holding the dogs.<\/p>\n

“I nearly fainted on the floor,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The artwork was also a nod to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Camilla, who is patron of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home (BDCH), adopted Beth in 2011 when she was a three-month-old unwanted puppy, and Bluebell in 2012 after she was found wandering alone in a London park with a skin condition.<\/p>\n

In February, the royal announced she would be adopting eight-week-old Moley, also from BDCH.<\/p>\n

Ms Hurst said she wanted to honour the Queen’s work as patron of the animal charity in the portraits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Queen also unveiled a plaque at the site and planted a cherry tree in memory of PC Craig Dalby<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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“The dogs are represented with Battersea Dogs Home charity little scarves, and that was really important that that was included,” she said.<\/p>\n

The Queen also unveiled a plaque at the site and planted a cherry tree in memory of PC Craig Dalby \u2013 who worked with her as a close protection officer on several occasions.<\/p>\n

Mr Dalby’s widow Serena said it was an “emotional” moment.<\/p>\n

“She (Camilla) was just warm, and Craig was really fond of her,” Mrs Dalby said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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