Q\ufeffueen Camilla<\/span><\/a> has opened up about a shocking event from her teenage years for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n In a recent episode of BBC Radio 4’s flagship news programme <\/span>Today<\/span><\/em>, \ufeff<\/span>the queen consort<\/span><\/a> revealed she was attacked as a teenager.<\/span><\/p>\n She said she’d been reading her book aboard a passenger train.<\/span><\/p>\n Watch the video above.\ufeff<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n “This boy \u2013 man \u2013 attacked me, and I did fight back,” she recalled of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n “I remember I got off the train\ufeff and my mother was looking at me, and saying, you know, why is your hair standing on end? Why is there a button missing from your coat?”<\/span><\/p>\n The Queen went on to say that the memory of the incident had “angered” her during the years that followed.<\/span><\/p>\n “I was so furious about it, and it sort of lurked for many years.”<\/span><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>The homes where the royals live and the rent they pay\ufeff<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \ufeff<\/span>READ MORE:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>Truth behind future queen’s move to Australia amid family drama<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>Wales’ children could soon have very different roles\ufeff<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n She revealed that the subject of assault and abuse is one she feels very strongly about, \ufeffhaving heard stories from other victims present in the panel-style interview.<\/span><\/p>\n The Queen discussed the attack in conversation with John Hunt, whose wife and two daughters, Louise and Hannah, were killed in a <\/span>domestic violence incident<\/span><\/a> perpetrated by Louise’s ex-partner.<\/span><\/p>\n \ufeffDuring the discussion, the Queen expressed that she’d found the courage to speak up through Hunt, who had been outspoken about the devastating loss of his family.<\/span><\/p>\n She praised the courage of the BBC Racing commentator and his surviving daughter Amy, who was also present.<\/span><\/p>\n For a daily dose of 9honey,<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/span>subscribe to our newsletter here<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The conversation was part of wider commentary on combating sexual and domestic violence, and the power of opening up about grief and trauma.<\/span><\/p>\n Details of the indecent assault first came to light in <\/span>Power and the Palace<\/span><\/em>, <\/span>a book<\/span><\/a> released last year by former royal editor of the <\/span>Times<\/span><\/em> newspaper, Valentine Low.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the book, the Queen had been around 16 or 17 years old when the incident occurred on a train to Paddington Station.<\/span><\/p>\n It detailed the moment the man touched the young Camilla Shand, before she reacted by hitting him with the heal of her shoe.<\/span><\/p>\n Power and the Palace<\/span><\/em> alleged the now-Queen reported the incident to station staff at the time, \ufeffresulting in the man’s arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort’s life in photos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Support is available from the<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <\/span>at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n