King Charles III got candid about an emotional moment that recently brought him to tears — and it has everything to do with his wife, Queen Camilla. At a Buckingham Palace reception on Wednesday before the “Gladiator II” premiere , the monarch revealed that it was a new documentary on Camilla, 77, titled “Her Majesty the Queen: Behind Closed Doors,” that made him cry. Charles, who turned 76 on Thursday , spoke about the 90-minute film, which highlights the Queen’s work raising awareness about domestic and sexual violence while speaking with guests at the event celebrating the Film and TV Charity.
“It’s very moving isn’t it? I think BAFTA [British Academy of Film and Television Arts] are interested in it,” Charles told actor Damian Lewis, 53, who said he had seen the documentary, according to the Telegraph . The king also spoke with Kerene Barefield and Naveed Chowdhary-Flatt, the director and producer of the documentary, respectively, confessing that he was “moved to tears” when he watched a preview of the film while in Scotland. “I am very proud of it,” the king added of the doc, which aired Monday on ITV1.
“It reduced me to tears.” Charles also had some more lighthearted conversations at the reception about other TV and film projects. During his conversation with Lewis, who stars as King Henry VIII in the just-released BBC series “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light,” the actor joked with the king, saying, “At least you can claim not to.
