Queen Camilla’s chart-topping podcast Reading Room will return this week for a second season.
The podcast launched earlier this year and is an audio version of Her Majesty’s popular online book club, which has 172,000 followers on Instagram.
Her Majesty is known for her love of books and the launch comes just weeks after the charity’s research into the benefits of reading and ahead of the Reading Room festival at Hampton Court in July.
Neil Gaiman, Peter James, Kate Mosse and Richard E Grant are among the authors and actors who will appear in the nine-episode season which returns on Monday, May 20.
The podcast’s first season swept the charts, reaching the top one percent of podcasts globally upon launch, before spending several consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the UK art and book podcast charts with listeners in 158 countries.
Queen Camilla’s chart-topping podcast Reading Room will return this week for a second season
The podcast launched earlier this year and is an audio version of Her Majesty’s popular online book club.
While Vicki Perrin, CEO of Queen’s Reading Room, hosts the podcast, Queen Camilla has pre-recorded her segments.
And this season, Camilla’s segments will appear at the beginning of the episode instead of the end, as she reveals some of her all-time favorite reads to royal fans.
The first series of The Queen’s Reading Room Podcast featured Rebus author Sir Ian Rankin, actress Dame Joanna Lumley and comedian David Baddiel, and was heard in 158 countries.
Available weekly starting Monday, May 20, the second season of ‘The Queen’s Reading Room Podcast’ will continue to create a space where book lovers, and those who want to connect more with books, can hear directly from the mouths of literary heroes .
The new season will feature celebrated literary programming featuring American Gods author Neil Gaiman, Labyrinth author Kate Mosse and ‘Roy Grace’ series author Peter James, who will invite listeners into their own living rooms. Reading.
This new season will also feature Her Majesty Queen Camilla, who will once again let listeners in on some of her all-time favorite reads.
The Queen’s Reading Room CEO and podcast host Vicki Perrin said: “We were blown away by the response to the first season of The Queen’s Reading Room Podcast.
‘It’s clear that the podcast reached and resonated with listeners around the world, allowing them to connect and fall in love with books.
Neil Gaiman, Peter James, Kate Mosse and Richard E Grant (pictured with Camilla in February 2023) are among the authors and actors who will appear in the nine-episode season which returns on Monday, May 20.
This new season will also feature Her Majesty Queen Camilla, who will once again let listeners in on some of her all-time favorite reads.
“I hope this second season of the podcast continues to inspire listeners to take on new literary adventures and helps those who want to love books a little more discover the true joy of reading.”
Perrin previously added that it was not a rival project to Meghan Markle’s Archetypes, which ended after just one series, along with the Sussexes’ multimillion-dollar deal with Spotify. The podcast was later renewed with Lemonada Media and rebranded.
“This is an in-house production with a quite different budget,” Ms Perrin said. ‘We are an independent charity and are delighted to have Her Majesty appearing on the podcast.
But it’s not your podcast. She won’t be pitching this as a host.
Earlier this week, Queen Camilla once again showed her love of reading and revealed that she dreams of being a student at Hogwarts, as she helped launch a literary festival and attended a decidedly soggy garden party.
Attending the opening of the 35th annual Charleston Festival in Rye, East Sussex, local schoolgirl Bess, nine, asked the royal, 76: “Is there any fictional place in a book you would like travel and why?”
She replied, “One place I think I would love to go is Hogwarts.” I would like to get on the Express and I would like to go to Hogwarts and sit in that wonderful hall and wait for the hat to arrive and choose a house for me.
“I’d like to look at Dumbledore, Hagrid and Snape, and see all the pictures going crazy and people jumping out of pictures and food flying, I think that would be a proper magical experience, and that’s a place I’d really like to go to.” “
Camilla has even organized an annual reading festival at Hampton Court Palace.
Her Majesty is pictured with Vicki Perrin, host of the podcast and CEO of The Queen’s Reading Room.
During the session titled “The Power of Reading”, the Queen gave a speech to around 450 children in attendance, saying: “Good morning everyone, I’m sorry about the weather, I lived in Sussex for many years and it was always sunny.”
“As a proud patron of Charleston, I am delighted to welcome you to this year’s Literary Festival, in a place aptly described by a former resident as ‘a paradise on earth.'”
She cited Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden, as one of her favorite authors and “someone, like all of us, who understood the incredible thrill of reading.”
Camilla is an avid reader, patron of several literary organizations, and has supported the children’s writing contest since 2015.
Just in March he backed new research that said five minutes of reading a day is as valuable to health and well-being as walking 10,000 steps and eating five servings of fruits and vegetables.