Queen Camilla says she was assaulted as a teenager.

Queen Camilla told the BBC she fought off an attack by a man on a train when she was a teenager. Reports of the incident appeared earlier in a book but had not been previously confirmed by Buckingham Palace.

Queen Camilla spoke in a BBC interview about an episode from her teenage years in which a man attacked her on a train and she said she fought back. The comments were made during a discussion about violence against women. Earlier reporting in a book had described the incident but Buckingham Palace had not confirmed those accounts. Camilla has for many years supported charities working to help people affected by sexual and domestic violence. What was reported: - She said the incident occurred when she was a teenager on a train and that she defended herself against the attacker. - A book published earlier this year reported the episode as taking place on a train to Paddington when she was about 16 or 17 and said she struck the man with a shoe and that an official detained him. - Camilla did not confirm the specific details that were published in the book. - Buckingham Palace had not previously confirmed the account before the BBC interview. - She has a long record of involvement with charities focused on sexual and domestic violence support. Summary: Camilla’s account adds a personal context to her long-standing advocacy against sexual and domestic violence. Undetermined at this time.