Queen Camilla chilling reveals having to ‘fight off’ sex attacker on train as a teenager and says the incident left her ‘furious’ in moving broadcast with BBC racing commentator John Hunt

Queen Camilla has told for the first time how she fought off a sex attacker on a train in her youth.

The King’s consort chose to publicly address the issue with BBC racing commentator John Hunt, whose wife and two daughters were brutally murdered last year, as part of a wider conversation about women, violence and misogyny on Radio 4’s Today program this morning.

The Queen said she was left ‘very angry’ and ‘furious’ after the attack, which occurred when she was just 16-17 years old.

He explained that although he had ‘sort of forgotten’ his ideal, he was encouraged to speak out after hearing about the encouragement of Mr Hunt and his eldest daughter Amy.

In a panel discussion guest-edited by former Prime Minister Baroness Theresa May, Camilla recalled how she ‘fighted back’ against the person who ‘attacked’ her during her journey to meet her mother.

‘I remember something that has been lurking in the back of my brain for a long time,’ he said.

‘I was attacked on the train when I was young… I remember being very angry at the time.’

The Queen recalled getting off the train and ‘my mother looking at me and saying: ‘Why is your hair standing on end and why is your coat missing a button?’ ‘I was attacked.’

The Queen had previously recorded a radio broadcast with BBC racing commentator John Hunt and his daughter Amy, whose family were murdered in their home.

Pictured: Carol, John, Amy, Louise and Hannah Hunt

Earlier this year it was revealed that the royal had tackled a sex pest on a train as a teenager, hitting him in the groin with her shoe before reporting it to police. The man was arrested.

Journalist Valentine Low reported in his book ‘Power and Palace’ that Her Majesty told former London Mayor Boris Johnson about the incident during a private meeting at Clarence House in 2008 to discuss opening a new women’s shelter.

He told this to former communications director Guto Harri, who called Low back years later.

Camilla, 78, had never planned for the story to be made public – and in fact, as a sex crime victim, she would be guaranteed anonymity for life – but a palace source responded by saying her attitude was: ‘If something good comes out of this broadcast, which is that the wider issues are discussed, it de-stigmatises the whole issue and empowers girls today to take action, seek help and talk about it, then that’s a good outcome.’

Now the royal has chosen to address the issue herself in a deeply touching conversation with John Hunt and his surviving daughter Amy as part of a special program edited by former Prime Minister Theresa May.

The Queen has campaigned on sexual violence and domestic abuse against women for more than a decade and, like Mrs May, has made this a cornerstone of her public work.

Louise Hunt, 25, and her sister Hannah, 28, along with their mother Carol, 61, were murdered at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, by Louise’s former partner Kyle Clifford, armed with both a crossbow and a knife, on July 9 last year.

Clifford, 27, was sentenced to life imprisonment in March after admitting the murders and a further conviction for raping Louise; He himself refused, thus forcing his family to confront days of harrowing evidence.

This has been described as a brutal and cowardly attack stemming from the “self-pity” of a spineless and controlling man who could not handle even Louise’s kind and gentle attempts to break up with him.

After his deadly attack, Clifford fled and unsuccessfully tried to kill himself when police caught him.

John Hunt and his surviving daughter Amy were invited to Clarence House by the Queen in November to discuss issues around women and violence with Today presenter Emma Barnett.

King of England III. Charles and Queen Camilla attend the welcoming ceremony at Windsor Castle on December 3

John Hunt (pictured with Carol) and his surviving daughter Amy were invited to Clarence House by the Queen in November to discuss issues surrounding women and violence.

Camilla is understood to be keen to support calls for more education in schools, particularly against misogyny.

Today’s broadcast comes ahead of a fundraising gala for the new Hunt Family Fund, set up in memory of Carol, Louise and Hannah, which takes place on Thursday evening to support causes that help and inspire young women.

Speaking about the Queen’s decision to appear on the broadcast, a senior royal aide said she had previously chosen not to speak about her experience because she wanted the focus of her work advocating for victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence to always be the stories of other women.

‘Although this was not a situation she would have preferred, now that it has been made public, she has decided to speak to John and Amy about this issue in the context of misogyny and the patterns of behavior that lead to it,’ they said.

‘Her Majesty is not fond of the details of her case being discussed and it is important to emphasize that this is not what inspired her work in this area. It wasn’t a lifelong stigma or shame that he carried with him.

‘But it gave him perspective and some understanding of the issues around violence against women and built a consensus. [natural] ‘It’s part of their conversation that focuses on articulating patterns of behavior during an incredibly emotional meeting.’