Queen Camilla Appears as a Character in New Thriller

For the last decade, Queen Camilla has established herself as the United Kingdom’s biggest book lover. From her Queen’s Reading Room foundation and festival to her role as patron of the Booker Prize,she has lavished praise on England’s authors,sparking up a few friendships with them along the way. Now she’s the star of a new literary thriller by Peter james called The Hawk Is Dead.

In a video on his Facebook account, James said that the novel is “set in London, largely in Buckingham Palace, where Queen Camilla is one of the key characters.” In another video he added that King Charles III is also a character. The Hawk Is Dead, the 21st book in James’s long-running Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, is set to be released on May 16th.

James explained he didn’t ask for permission to include the royals in his book.he simply wrote them into the story, hoping they wouldn’t mind. “I just took the liberty of putting them in,” he said. “I’m sure they’ll be amused.” he also noted that the characters aren’t based on real-life conversations or interactions, but are entirely fictionalized for the sake of the plot. It’s not the first time James has included real people in his novels; former U.S. president Bill Clinton also makes a cameo in one of his books.