Queen Camilla warns against 'being complacent' to prejudice as she echoes Holocaust survivor's warning in moving speech during memorial reception
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The Queen delivered a moving speech today - as she attended a Holocaust Memorial reception in London. Camilla, 77, arrived at the London Hilton, Park Lane on Thursday where she addressed 600 guests - including A-listers Stephen Fry, Emma Barnett and Rob Rinder - with a heartfelt message pledging her commitment to 'never forget' the atrocities committed during the Second World War.
![[The royal, 77, arrived at the London Hilton, Park Lane on Thursday where she addressed a reception of 600 guests - including Stephen Fry (pictured), Emma Barnett and Rob Rinder]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94437441-14317809-image-a-34_1737648810097.jpg)
The event was hosted by The Anne Frank Trust, of which the royal is a patron, an organisation set up to honour the legacy of a teenage girl who lost her life in the genocide. Her personal diary, penned while she was in hiding, was published years later and has continued to move millions of readers worldwide.
![[The event was hosted by The Anne Frank Trust, of which the Queen is a patron, ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27 January. The queen was pictured chatting with children from Alma primary school in Whetstone]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94437457-14317809-image-a-36_1737648838179.jpg)
Camilla's emotive tribute to victims comes ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27 January. 'This year we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the death of Anne Frank in Bergen Belsen, at the age of 15. Had she lived, she would be 95,' the Queen said.
She honoured the late teenager's incredible work, which has become 'the enduring embodiment' of her promise to make her 'voice heard'. 'We can only guess at what she would have made of her legacy. Yet her story demonstrates that even the quietest, loneliest voice in the wilderness can change the world. That is the true power of words,' Camilla continued.
![[The queen also spoke with British-Czech Holocaust survivor Eva Clark as she attended the reception]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94437459-14317809-image-a-37_1737648842181.jpg)
Queen Camilla delivered a moving speech today as she attended a Holocaust Memorial reception in London (pictured). The royal, 77, arrived at the London Hilton, Park Lane on Thursday where she addressed a reception of 600 guests - including Stephen Fry (pictured), Emma Barnett and Rob Rinder.
![[She paid tribute to Anne Frank, the 15-year-old who died in Bergen-Belsen just before the end of the war and whose diary of her time in hiding has been read by millions worldwide]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94438145-14317809-image-a-39_1737648854812.jpg)
