The organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has reported receipt from a letter, sent from Buckingham Palace, where it is reported that Queen Camilla undertakes to “never buy furs for her wardrobe again.” “PETA toasts Queen Camilla, with a glass of the best Bordeaux, for being a true queen by standing alongside the 95% of British people who also refuse to wear animal skin, according to the latest surveys,” said the co-founder and current president of the NGO, Ingrid Newkirk. “The monarchy needs to reflect British values by recognizing that fur has no place in our society, and shows that the MoD’s use of real bear skins for royal guard caps is becoming increasingly common. absurd and out of place,” he added.
From PETA they already toasted, on that occasion “with gin and Dubonnet”, when Queen Elizabeth II made the same decision in 2019. This was revealed at that time by Angela Kelly, responsible for the monarch’s wardrobe, in her memoir The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe: “If Her Majesty has to attend an event on a very cold day, only fake furs will be used to keep her warm.” Later, Buckingham Palace confirmed that decision, although with a small nuance: “Only fake fur will be used for the new garments designed for the queen. That doesn’t mean that all fur in existing garments will be replaced, or that the queen will no longer wear fur. The queen will continue using the ones she already had.” A nuance that Queen Camilla, in her case, has not specified in her letter.
“This is believed to be the first time Queen Camilla has taken an official stance against the fur industry, in which animals are caged for life or trapped in steel traps, electrocuted or otherwise subjected to painful death and skinning. “, also adds the statement that PETA published this Wednesday, May 15.
The reign of Charles III and Camilla is bringing joy to the famous animal rights organization. In November 2022, it was the monarch who banned the Foie gras in all his palaces. In that letter, also addressed to PETA, Buckingham pointed out that the delicacy, made from the hypertrophied liver of a duck or goose, is no longer purchased or served in any of the palaces of British royalty, that is, not even in Buckingham. , Balmoral, Windsor, Hillsborough and Sandringham. “There are no plans for this policy to change,” then he picked up the diary The Telegraph.
This new commitment on the part of the queen continues in line with the beliefs of Charles III of England, who has stood out throughout his life for his commitment to the environment, something that even set his tone when he was still Prince of Wales and Already in 1970, at the age of 21, he made a speech in which he expressed his great concern about the growing amount of plastics that polluted the environment. That speech would mark part of the philosophy of this king, who already said on one occasion that where he enjoyed the most was in his garden, and for whom animal abuse is a key point.
To demonstrate this, this commitment is usually adorned with small, rather symbolic gestures. For example, when Charles III decided to serve a vegetarian quiche of spinach, broad beans, cheese and tarragon for his coronation menu last year. Another one: for the coronation, the king refused to use oils of animal origin for his anointing. In that crucial stage of the ceremony, which dates back to the 14th century and is the only one that will not be broadcast on television, he chose to use an ointment created with olives harvested from two groves planted in Jerusalem. And earlier this May, it was reported that his coronation record, an official document that captures the highlights of the royal event in 30 pages, with 11,600 words and illustrations, for the first time in the history of this tradition – which dates back to the 14th century—has been made on paper instead of parchment made from animal skin.
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