Yahoo Autos David Walliams amuses Duchess of Cornwall by admitting his son ‘prefers other authors’
David Walliams made the Duchess of Cornwall chuckle as he admitted his son chooses other authors over his own books in a video call with the royal.
Walliams, who has written more than 20 children’s books, spoke to Camilla to promote the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition.
Camilla, 72, asked if Walliams’s seven-year-old son Alfred had “inherited your talent for writing?”
Walliams, 48, replied: “He’s coming up with ideas for stories all the time. I mean, they come thick and fast.
“So he’s really into that and really into stories. He tends to choose other writers rather than me…”
The pair also discussed keeping busy in lockdown, with Walliams saying being creative helps him to pass the time.
He said: “I’m good. I’m just keeping myself busy writing.
“Well it’s never a better time, I think, to be writing or reading than this time. And I find, personally, that when I do creative work, it passes the time beautifully.”
The Britain’s Got Talent judge and the duchess spoke about encouraging children to enter the competition, which had the environment as its theme.
Camilla said: “You can tell it by poetry, you can write an essay, you can write a story.”
Walliams added: “Really be as imaginative as you can. There’s millions of children who could potentially enter this competition.”
