{"id":1061568,"date":"2026-07-01T10:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1061568\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:05:19","slug":"royal-family-slammed-for-hosting-jk-rowling-during-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1061568\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Family slammed for hosting JK Rowling during Pride Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img width=\"792\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jk-rowling-queen-camilla.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"JK Rowling with Queen Camilla at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">JK Rowling with Queen Camilla at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The British <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/topic\/royal-family\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Family<\/a> has faced backlash after sharing a photo of Queen Camilla hosting Harry Potter author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/topic\/jk-rowling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JK Rowling<\/a> on the final day of Pride Month.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for registering! You can update your email subscriptions at any time in the<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/mypinknews\/account\/profile\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My profile<\/a> section of your account.\n        <\/p>\n<p>The Royal Family\u2019s official Instagram account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaNmisfMJle\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> an image of the pair meeting this week at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The account said the meeting was held \u201cwith a shared passion for books and a deep commitment to children reading for pleasure\u201d, adding that the Queen and Rowling had \u201cdiscussed the importance of ensuring that young people have access to books\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Many took issue with the framing. \u201cAll young people? Or only some young people?\u201d one wrote, alongside a series of transgender flag emojis.<\/p>\n<p>Another commenter pointed out: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of other children\u2019s authors (who have published kids books more recently than 20 years ago) that you could have worked with on this.\u201d Another added: \u201cDuring Pride month, is a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One user said they were \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d in the Queen \u201cgiving a platform to JKR, any month but especially during Pride Month. There are many other admirable individuals to spotlight who champion reading for children and young people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some defended Rowling, with one writing: \u201cIf anyone deserves a DBE it\u2019s Jo Rowling\u2026 she is such a supporter of women\u2019s rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share your thoughts!<\/strong>\u00a0Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JK Rowling with Queen Camilla at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh (Getty Images) The British Royal Family&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1061569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7708],"tags":[11764,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":["post-1061568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-royals","tag-jk-rowling","tag-royal","tag-royal-families","tag-royal-family","tag-royals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116844163644452158","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1061569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}