Queen Consort handed out the Booker Prize 2022 to Shehan Karunatilaka

Camilla, Queen Consort met with British actor Natascha McElhone, Irish writer Claire Keegan and English singer-songwriter Dua Lipa

On October 17, Queen Consort took part in the Booker Prize 2022 ceremony to hand out the literary prize. Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize for his novel named "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida", which is a satirical "afterlife noir" set during Sri Lanka’s civil war. Karunatilaka received the award from Queen Consort at Roundhouse concert hall. The event was the first in-person Booker Prize ceremony since 2019.

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