Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, could have a cameo as a DEAD BODY in the next series of ITV’s Grace

Camila, Duchess of Cornwall could be coming to a TV screen near you after she revealed she would be happy to have a cameo in ITV’s crime drama Grace as none other than a dead body.

The 74-year-old made the statement to author Peter James, whose books the series are based on, while visiting the set in Shoreham last year.

The two began corresponding about six years ago after James, also 74, discovered the Duchess was a fan of his work.

Camila and Peter struck up a friendship after he discovered she was a fan of his work. The two are seen here on set of season two of Grace in Shoreham, November 2021

However, it was during lockdown when he discovered that she had chosen his Roy Grace novels for her book club – the Duchess’s Reading Room – that he invited her to the set.

And it was during her visit in November 2021 that James asked if she would like to appear in the next season of the show.

He said: ‘I jokingly said, “Would you like a cameo in the next series,” and she said, “yes, maybe I could be a dead body”.

‘I think she might do something. I’m definitely going to drop her a note and say the offer is open.’

The first series of Grace is, an adaptation of best-selling author James’s book Brighton, was one of ITV’s most successful dramas with more than eight million people tuning in to watch

Peter sat down for a chat with the Duchess when she visited the set, which he described as ‘surreal’

Peter said that his correspondence with Camila began when he discovered that she was a fan of his books.

He said: ‘About five, six years ago I got a very excited email from a friend saying, “get the Daily Mail, look at page five”, and there was a photograph of the Duchess in her library and there about six Roy Grace books right behind her head.

‘She said Peter James was one of her two favourite writers, so I wrote to her as a thank you.

‘Since then, we had this correspondence where she would write to me after every book – a hand-written letter, always very charming.

Peter and Camila on set of ITV’s Grace where she said she would like a cameo in the next series, perhaps as a dead body

‘Then she started doing a book club during Covid called the Duchess’s Reading Room, and selected the Roy Grace novels.

‘I asked her if she’d like to come to the set and see some of the filming and she said absolutely.’

Peter revealed how the pair enjoyed a ‘surreal’ half an hour chat over lunch.

He said: ‘She was really good fun. It was almost surreal – she and I were sat on two chairs in this bare warehouse with all her entourage around.’

John Simm stars as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace in the series which has been a huge success with eight million people tuning in to watch the first season

‘She had a banana and soup in a thermos flask, and one of her ladies in waiting offered me a sandwich. It was just so natural.’

The first series of Grace is, an adaptation of best-selling author James’s book Brighton, was one of ITV’s most successful dramas with more than eight million people tuning in to watch.

It follows the personal and professional life of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, played by John Simm, who dedicates his time to investigating cold cases after the disappearance of his wife six years prior.