The Duchess of Cornwall has urged children to pick up a book and ditch distractions, such as YouTube and smartphones. She has encouraged them not to forget the magic of reading and storytelling at the BBC Radio 2's 500 Words competition.
At the national writing competition, the Duchess of Cornwall expressed that stories allow the reader to “meet impossible people” and “fall in love”.
The Duchess stated, “They stretch imagination and get our brains buzzing. We fall in love with heroes and heroines and can’t turn the pages fast enough to find out what happens. We meet impossible people, travel to remote places and make hundreds of new friends.”
She further encouraged, “I tell everyone that we must never forget how important reading and storytelling is. Close to home, everyone has family stories — about our parents when they were naughty children; about grandparents living in a different world, without smartphones or YouTube; about families moving home, moving countries and making new stories of their own.”
