Britain’s Duchess Camilla admits she’s not a very good artist.
The 66-year-old royal visited the Pound Arts Centre in Wiltshire, South West England, earlier this week and joked she was so bad at art when she was younger that she ripped up her paintings.
She said: "My husband’s a very good watercolourist – he’s very good and I’m very bad. I was always tearing mine up".
The duchess was given a tour of the centre, which offers a range of things from children’s drama club to piano lessons, film screenings, exhibitions, and studios for artists starting their careers.
She then met a group of women painters, who meet every week, before noticing that Jehanne Le Quesne was looking a bit disheartened because she had nothing to show her.
Jehanne said: "I’ve thrown it away."
Camilla replied: "I know that feeling."
During the visit, Camilla – who officially opened the centre seven years ago – sat in on a story session with a group of under five year olds, who were discussing the sea.
David Jones, chairman of the centre’s trustees, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "We’re thrilled she has come back. It’s nice for her to see what else we’ve done here over those seven years.
"It’s good to have that interest from the Duchess of Cornwall, it creates a really nice buzz around the place."
Duchess Camilla wasn’t a good artist
