Queen Camilla: Private Royal letter to Gisèle Pelicot

Gisèle Pelicot (72) became a heroine in the fight against sexualized violence in 2024 when she publicly conducted a trial against her ex-husband, who had abused her for years and had other men rape. Queen Camilla (77) also apparently moved the fate of the French woman. The wife of King Charles III. (76) Pelicot sent a personal letter, as is now known.

Queen Camilla has been committed to victims of domestic and sexualized violence for many years. She wrote Pelicot to “express support from the highest level”, an anonymous palace source. The queen wanted to express how much the “extraordinary dignity and [der] Courage “Pelicots touched her. Despite the great personal suffering, that helped” to show a very important social problem “.

The exact content of the private letter is not known, but the palace confirms that the queen had the letter sent to Pelicot. As a result, one did not want to talk about the content on the part of the court, but this corresponds to the protocol in the case of personal correspondence of the queen and other members of the royal family.

Gisèle Pelicot had decided last year not to have a trial against her ex-husband leading doors behind closed doors. In December, Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison for serious rape. For years he had stunned his wife, lashing her past her past and also raping her by other men. 50 other accused men were sentenced to three to 15 years.