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The Queen's Reading Room is a charity founded by Queen Camilla. It champions the power of literature to improve lives, often partnering with academics and organisations to promote reading for pleasure. Their involvement with the Cambridge study highlights a shared mission to bring the mental health and cognitive benefits of reading to a wider audience.
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