News about Philippa Gregory

Lord Dobbs, a writer who wrote House of Cards, admitted to delivering the book to the King and Queen on a whim, but in a 'unexpected' but 'wonderful' twist, it was revealed on the Queen's book club website a few weeks later. At the State Opening of Parliament, Camilla attended firsthand as the thriller explores themes of love and devotion.

Middlemarch by George Eliot would be Philippa Gregory's desert island pick, not least for its complicated women characters. It's a book she could read over and over again.

Philippa Gregory, 27, was nominated to perform the coin toss on Centre Court ahead of the women's final as a representative of the Riding for the Disabled Association. Princess Kate complimented her Wimbledon-inspired nails and then took a look at the coin (right). Philippa asked Philippa if she had been practising for the occasion, she told the 27-year-old she was a 'inspiration.' Philippa Ons Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova are inset, in the Inset.

Austentatious, a comedy group, will not use period costume to improvise a play based on a fictional Austen title conceived by Camilla as a centerpiece of the Queen's Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace next month. The festival, according to the organisers, will be 'a literary festival like no other' and will depart from the old 'authors plugging their own books.' In coordinating the day-long extravaganza on June 11, the Queen has been "hands on."