The book tells the story of Cameron, a teenager who undergoes a heart transplant from a pig, and the author said: “I think there is absolutely room for challenging content and content that hopefully makes children think what they would do if they found themselves in Cameron’s shoes.
Stage and screen actor Rory Kinnear, best know for his appearances in the James Bond franchise, chatted to the Queen after she met school children who have helped with the forthcoming play Pig Heart Boy.
The author has judged the BBC’s 500 Words children’s writing competition supported by the Queen, and said it was “tragic” libraries across the country had closed, adding “it’s mandatory to have libraries in prisons but not mandatory to have them in schools, that’s just bizarre to me”.
Camilla toured the Unicorn Theatre that began as a mobile playhouse founded by Caryl Jenner in 1949 and met youngsters providing creative inputs into new productions.
The Queen has celebrated the work of a children’s theatre she visited with her grandchildren.
