Duchess of Cornwall is ‘hounoured and touched’ at being named future Queen

The Duchess of Cornwall has said she is ‘very honoured’ to have been endorsed by the Queen as a future Queen Consort.

During a tour of a west London community kitchen, Camilla was asked by a visitor, who gave his name as DJ, how she felt about the title.

The duchess replied: ‘I feel very honoured – very honoured and very touched.’

Camilla, 74, was visiting the Nourish Hub kitchen in Notting Hill, west London, to mark its opening as the royal patron of Harvest UK, the charity which runs it.

Earlier today, she met former Love Island star Zara McDermott and discussed her experience of revenge porn and assault on a visit to Padding Haven, a sexual assault referral centre.

Her engagements have gone ahead despite the Prince of Wales testing positive for Covid-19 on Thursday morning because the Duchess is not required to self-isolate.

Aides said the prince was found to be positive during a routine test – which suggested he was experiencing no strong symptoms – but they declined to go into further details on his medical condition.

Both he and the Duchess of Cornwall have been taking regular tests before engagements but it was not immediately clear if Camilla had undergone a test before her recent duties.

Last night the pair rubbed shoulders with VIPs including Priti Patel and Rishi Sunak at a British Asian Trust reception at the British Museum.  

Camilla , spoke with volunteers, and refugees from West London Welcome charity, who were cooking a rice-based Iranian dish called Loobia Polo for visitors. 

The duchess spoke with every guest and volunteer at the venue, and added a touch of saffron to the dish.

Gianni, 59, a local resident who was visiting the kitchen, presented the duchess with a bouquet of flowers, to which she replied: ‘Grazie.’

The visit was among Camilla’s first public royal duties since being endorsed by the Queen as a future Queen Consort.

The duchess toured Voices in Bath, a charity which supports domestic abuse survivors, on Tuesday.

Before her visit to the food kitchen on Thursday, Camilla also spoke with staff at Paddington Haven, a sexual assault referral centre in west London, and she will be appearing at Thames Valley Partnership in Aylesbury, another charity for domestic abuse survivors, in the afternoon.