Duchess of Cornwall tells Paralympian she loves ‘saucy moments’ after book gift

The Duchess of Cornwall told one of the country’s most decorated Paralympians she loved “saucy moments” after he gave her a copy of his autobiography and warned her about the content.

Camilla was presented with the book by equestrian Sir Lee Pearson, who won triple gold in the Para-dressage at the Tokyo Olympics last year, during a reception at Clarence House.

Sir Lee gave the duchess a copy of his book, I Am Who I Am, and told her: “There are some saucy moments in it.”

The delighted duchess replied:  “I love saucy moments. I shall look forward to reading it.”

The duchess, 74, who is patron of the British Equestrian Federation, hosted the reception to celebrate the success of equestrians at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games, held in Japan last year.

Team GB won 13 medals and finished second in the equestrian medal table, one of their most successful games.

Sir Lee, who won individual, freestyle and team gold Para-dressage on his horse Breezer, told Camilla: “You better read it, I might just quiz you on it when I see you next.”

The duchess said she would read it soon and the book was then whisked upstairs to Camilla’s private quarters.

Sir Lee said the book covered everything from “my childhood, to getting employment, to coming out, which was really tough, to my first gold medal. It’s the whole journey.”

One of the “saucy moments” was his description of the moment he first realised he was attracted to someone of the same sex, he added.

Sir Lee also said he had thought about congratulating Camilla on her future title of Queen Consort, which the Queen said was her “sincere wish” in her Platinum Jubilee message, but admitted: “I wasn’t sure if it would be appropriate.  I’m happy for her if she’s happy.”

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