Emotional Queen Camilla vows to offer her help after hearing shocking stories from domestic abuse survivors
AN EMOTIONAL Queen has vowed to offer her help “until I’m able to no more” after hearing stories from domestic abuse survivors in a new TV show.
Her Majesty, 77, has been working on the issue for more than a decade.
She said she cried meeting the family of Joanna Simpson, who was killed by her violent husband.
The documentary shows the then Duchess of Cornwall breaking down in tears as she met the mother and best friend of Joanna, 46, who was bludgeoned to death with a claw hammer.
The Queen has been a patron of domestic violence charity SafeLives since that day.
Diana Parkes, Joanna’s mother, told the documentary: “She says to me, ‘You are the one who made me want to get involved’.”
Speaking in her first documentary since the Coronation, Camilla vows: “If you look at the steps that we’ve taken, we have made a huge amount of progress.
“I shall keep on trying until I’m able to no more.”
Former PM Theresa May, who as Home Secretary implemented a bill making coercive control an offence, also features.
The Queen said: “Coercive control is the most frightening bit of abuse.
“You meet somebody, you think they’re wonderful and then, bit by bit, they start to undermine you.”
In recent years, the Queen has visited rape centres and brought together women from all walks of life for anti-domestic violence meetings.
- Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors can be seen on ITV at 9pm on Monday, November 11.