Queen Camilla is standing up for animal rights.
Camilla, 76, has pledged she will no longer “procure fur for her wardrobe” in a letter sent to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), according to a release from the organization.
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk added that the campaign group is “toasting to Queen Camilla with a glass of the finest claret for being a true queen by standing with the 95% of British people who also refuse to wear animal fur.”
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Camilla’s decision follows in the footsteps of the late Queen Elizabeth, who was revealed to have made the same stance in the 2019 memoir of her official dresser, Angela Kelly, The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe.
Within this, Kelly revealed that Elizabeth would only wear faux fur moving forward and that the mink trims of her coats had also been removed, per The Independent.
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Buckingham Palace later confirmed the late Queen’s move away from real fur. “As new outfits are designed for the Queen, any fur used will be fake,” the palace told The Telegraph in 2019.
Elizabeth continued to wear real fur used on historic ceremonial garments during royal engagements, however.
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On May 8, Camilla joined King Charles as he hosted the first annual garden party of 2024 at Buckingham Palace in his first public engagement since undergoing his cancer treatment.
The garden party was held the same day as Prince Harry attended the Invictus Games Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. While Harry didn’t make it to the garden party, Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were in attendance.
On May 15 Charles and Camilla also stepped out for a Service of Dedication for the Order of the British Empire at St.Paul’s Cathedral in London — a day after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to Los Angeles from their high-profile visit to Nigeria.
