Camilla visits hospital in first solo engagement as Queen Consort
Camilla met domestic abuse workers and survivors at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on Thursday.

The Queen Consort used her first solo engagement in her new royal title to meet domestic abuse workers and survivors.
Camilla met people who had used the domestic abuse service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, as well as independent domestic violence advisers and other staff in the field at the hospital on Thursday.
During the visit, Camilla met Shana Begum and her three-week-old son Jeremy.
Ms Begum has used her personal experience of abuse to serve as a āpioneerā worker for the domestic abuse charity SafeLives, and Camilla said it was āreally nice to hear such a positive storyā after Ms Begum told her that her life was now āvery differentā.
Camilla told Ms Begum she was ādoing a wonderful jobā and it was āvery importantā to have people with experience of abuse involved in support services.
Ms Begum, who previously met Camilla at another domestic abuse campaign, said: āWe met in Manchester when I was expecting the baby and itās really lovely for the Queen to see the baby three weeks in.
āSheās always been really down to earth and an amazing patron for SafeLives.ā
Zainab Al-Shariff, an independent domestic violence advocate from the Al-Hasaniya Moroccan womenās centre, said Camilla mentioned in their conversation āthe stigma back in the dayā that used to be attached to domestic abuse.
Ms Al-Shariff said it was āan honourā that Camilla had chosen to make this her first solo engagement as Queen Consort, adding: āItās inspirational to know that someone from the royal family has taken a real interest in domestic abuse.ā
Suzanne Jacob, chief executive of SafeLives, said the visit would mean āa huge amount to survivors of domestic abuse and people who are still in abusive relationships up and down the country and around the worldā.
Ms Jacob added: āPeople watch these royal visits so carefully and take a lot of symbolism from them and making a choice like that is an extraordinary vote of confidence in how she feels about those individuals and the need for them to be safe.ā
Isabel Boyer, chair of SafeLives, said Camilla had always spoken with āan acknowledgement of how widespread domestic abuse is in societyā and that her involvement with the charity had made āa huge difference in terms of publicityā.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has a domestic abuse model which involves close partnership with specialist agencies Standing Together, Victim Support and Galop to provide a coordinated community response.