Hunt family bravery prompted me to share assault story, says Queen

Queen Camilla has praised the courage of BBC racing commentator John Hunt and his family – after his wife, Carol, and two daughters, Louise and Hannah, were killed by Louise’s ex-partner.

In a conversation with John and his surviving daughter, Amy, the Queen also shared publicly, for the first time, her experience of an attempted indecent assault as a teenager.

“I was furious about it, and it sort of lurked for many years,” she said.

The Queen was speaking to the family alongside the BBC’s Emma Barnett during a discussion on violence against women on Radio 4’s Today programme – guest edited by former Prime Minister, Baroness Theresa May.

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