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Camilla pays Royal visit to Antiques Roadshow and even brings personal items for valuation-Stella Akinwumi-Entertainment – Metro
The Duchess of Cornwall visited Cornwall on Tuesday.
Camila will appear in a special episode of Antiques Roadshow (Picture: Getty)
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will be starring in a special episode of Antiques Roadshow.
During her tour, the Duchess brought items from her private collection and the Royal collection, as presenter Fiona Bruce welcomed visitors to the Eden Project in Cornwall.
Camilla, who rocked an elegant green floral print dress, brought along two of her own items to be valued – which will be revealed when the show airs at some point next year.
She also took part in the ‘Guess the Mystery Object’ game with jewellery expert Geoffrey Munn.
Later, Camilla met with Dylan Kilpatrick, 16, and his mother Amanda Fishlock, , who had brought along a painting by their ancestor, 19th-century artist Robert Ponsonby Staples, featuring a family on a seaside outing.
Dylan’s mum explained that the artist was a relative on her mother’s side, which is how the painting came to be in their possession.
Camila toured the Eden Project in Cornwall (Picture: Getty)
The episode is expected to air in the new year (Picture: Getty)
When asked what Camilla had thought of the painting, Dylan said: ‘She said she was jealous, she said she really liked the figure in the foreground.’
Modern arts specialist Frances Christie gave the painting a valuation of between £300 and £500.
Speaking about her cameo, host Fiona said: ‘I think the Duchess has really enjoyed visiting the Roadshow.
‘She was such a good sport and talked to many of our visitors here, the crew and our specialists.
Camila also spoke to the visitors (Picture: Getty)
‘She brought along a couple of items, and our book specialist and silver specialist talked her through them. So, I would say she had the full roadshow experience – this is the last programme we’re filming this year and what a wonderful way to end with such a special guest.’
Antiques Roadshow viewers were recently in awe after a pair of Queen Victoria’s knickers were valued at £16,000.
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As she inspected the garments, expert Hilary Kay noted that Queen Victoria was known to give away her knickers – which she described as ‘beautiful’ – as tokens of affection.
She said: ‘They are made of very fine linen and they are beautiful. They are incredible and obviously it has been sewn by hand but if you look at those stitches it looks like it has been sewn by a mouse. Tiny, tiny stitches. They were stitching for their Queen.’
Antiques Roadshow airs Sundays at 8pm on BBC One.
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