Camilla uses ballet workouts to keep fit during lockdown

The Duchess of Cornwall has been keeping fit during the lockdown with ballet workouts – despite putting her back out with her dance moves.
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Camilla revealed her unusual exercise routine when she guest edited the Emma Barnett Show on BBC Radio 5 Live, raising a number of issues from domestic violence to the role of volunteers during the coronavirus pandemic.

During the pre-recorded interview, she talked about how she was inspired seeing the “completely brilliant” Silver Swans class for elderly ballet dancers during a visit to the Royal Academy of Dance in 2018 with the initiative’s ambassador Angela Rippon.

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She also highlighted how she believes coronavirus has exacerbated the issue of domestic violence, saying: “I think we’ve just seen the tip of the iceberg and I think after lockdown the numbers are going to be so horrific.”

Among the guests on the show were actress Dame Judi Dench, who talked about becoming an unlikely social media star following her appearance on the video-sharing site TikTok with her grandson, and Camilla’s son Tom Parker Bowles, a food writer.

Speaking about her love of ballet, the duchess (pictured) said: “I gathered together a group of likely candidates in the form of friends, same age as me, and I said ‘look, you know, we’re going to be Silver Swans’, they all howled with laughter and said ‘you must be joking’.

“So I said ‘come on let’s give it a go’, so we all arrived in our black leggings and T-shirts ready for the dance.”

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