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THE Queen sent a letter of support to the victim of French mass rape Gisèle Pelicot.
An envelope bearing the seal of the British royal family arrived among thousands of letters of support for Mrs PelicotFollowing her fight against her husband and the men who raped her.
“She was amazed, moved and quite proud to see that she had managed to fight the British royal family,” said Ms. Pelicot’s lawyer Antoine Camus, The world .
Ms. Pelicot emerged as a courageous symbol Against the culture of rape because her husband was imprisoned for having drugged her and recruited dozens of foreigners to rape her while he filmed it. The three -month mass rape trial in France last fall saw 51 men sentenced for a total of 428 years. The Pelicot retired electrician was imprisoned for a maximum duration of 20 years.
The 72-year-old courageously chose to give up his anonymity during the trial which took place in the village of Mazan, in the south-east of France.
The Buckingham Palace refused to comment on the content of the private letter. But Camilla would have been “extremely done” by the battle of Mrs. Pelicot and wanted to recognize her “dignity and his courage”, Nowsweek reports.
The letter comes after Mrs. Pelicot told survivors of sexual violence that they “will never be alone” In a powerful message shared with the independent Marking International Women’s Day.
As THE Independent named it most influential woman On 2025, Ms. Pelicot stressed that the victims still fight for justice – in particular those who do it alone and “in darkness”.
Several months have passed since the end of the Mazan trial, but the lawyers of Mrs. Pelicot, Mr. Camus and Stéphane Babonneau, say that they continue to send him a box full of letters each week, according to The world.
“There has been no day since the end of the trial when I didn’t have to think about it, not a day when I did not receive a message on this subject, not a day when I did not speak to someone close to me,” said Babonneau The world.
On the dozens of letters that arrive every week, Mr. Camus added: “We cannot ignore these people … We transmit them to Gisèle, and thank everyone on his behalf.”
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