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King CharlesandQueen Camillaare catching up with their old friend!
The King, 74, and Queen, 75, reunited with longtime palDame Judi Dench, 88, as they attended the inaugural Queen’s Reading Room Literary Festival — where Dench was a speaker — at Hampton Court Palace on Sunday.
The annual festival was established after the success ofQueen Camilla’s book club, which launched on Instagram in Jan. 2021.
King Charles was first to greet Dench — who is very familiar with the royals having played Queen Victoria twice as well asQueen Elizabeth— as Queen Camilla ran late, due to “weather-related transport issues,” Buckingham Palace said.
The King wore a navy-blue pinstripe suit, white shirt and pink patterned tie to the festival, while Dench looked smart in a black tailored jacket and white top with an embellished brooch attached and a red tartan scarf draped over one shoulder.
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Historic Royal Palaceshighlighted the royal couple’s special reunion with Dench on Twitter. “It was a pleasure to welcome TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla to The Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace yesterday,” the charity wrote. “Visitors and guests were treated to a full day of talks from a number of inspirational speakers.@QueenReadRoom.”
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King Charles and Queen Camilla have been close friends with Dame Dench for many years, and the actress has continued to support the royals publicly.
In 2018,Dench joined forces with Camillaat Queen Victoria’s former holiday home on the Isle of Wight. Dench, who last played the late monarch in the filmVictoria & Abdulin 2017, welcomed the royal to the island after she arrived at the monarch’s private beach.
The pair stayed cool at the time as they chatted over vanilla ice creams in the 75-degree heat.
source: people.com
