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Queen Camilla with Peter Rabbit during a reception to celebrate the centenary of BookTrust, at Clarence House, London (Aaron Chown / PA). The Queen met Peter Rabbit as she wished the UK’s largest ...

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Camilla met authors and supporters of BookTrust including the charity’s president Sir Michael Morpurgo, Richard Osman and Dame Floella Benjamin. Queen Camilla with Peter Rabbit during a reception to ...

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