In a new episode of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, which was released on New Year’s Eve, BBC racing commentator John Hunt sat down with his daughter Amy and Queen Camilla to have a discussion on violence against women.

The discussion comes after John’s wife, Carol, and their two daughters, Louise and Hannah, were murd3red in their home last July by Louise’s ex-partner, Kyle Clifford.

Part of the interview was played during Wednesday’s episode of BBC Breakfast, which saw John praise his daughter Amy for her support during the past year.

He commented: “I’m staggered that we’re as well as we are at this particular moment in time. There’s still a lot more work to do.

“At the risk of embarrassing Amy, she’s been my best counsel from the word go. We talk all the time. I used to say, ‘I couldn’t do it without you’, but now I say, ‘I can do it with you’.”

John Hunt and his daughter Amy

John Hunt praised his daughter Amy (Image: BBC)

 

Following the heartbreaking deaths of his family members, John and Amy are now working on creating a positive legacy for Carol, Louise and Hannah.

Amy commented: “I think it’s really important to remember, they had a sad death, but they did not have a sad life. Their life was full of so much love and joy and happiness and fun.”

John and Amy have now set up the Hunt Family Foundation, which will support projects that inspire young women.

During their discussion, Queen Camilla shared her own experience with indecent assault when she was a teenager. She explained: “I was attacked on a train, I’d sort of forgotten about it, but I remember that I’d been so angry.”

Queen Camilla

Queen Camilla spoke about her own experience with indecent assault (Image: BBC)

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Queen Camilla shared that when she got off the train, her mother questioned why her hair was standing on end and why there was a button missing from her coat.

Addressing John and Amy directly, she added: “I just want to say, wherever your family is now, they’d be so proud of you both.

“They must be, from above, smiling down on you and thinking, ‘my goodness me what a wonderful, wonderful father and husband, sister’. They’d just be so proud of you both.”

Following the horrific ordeal, the triple murd3rer and convicted rapist Kyle Clifford was given three whole life orders in March this year.

John Hunt and his family

Carol, Louise and Hannah were tragically murd3red in their home last year (Image: BBC NEWS)

In March, Detective Chief Inspector Nick Gardner, of the BCH Major Crime Unit, said: “This has been a harrowing case and while we welcome the whole life orders, it will never make up for the loss of Louise, Hannah and Carol – three vibrant women in the prime of their lives.

“The Hunt family have shown immense dignity and composure throughout this horrendous time and my thoughts remain with them.

“Clifford has again shown himself to be a coward. Clifford armed himself with a crossbow and knife in order to attack three innocent women. They resisted him bravely, with Hannah raising the alarm, which ultimately helped police catch Clifford.”

People can listen to the whole interview BBC Radio 4’s Today programme with John, Amy, Queen Camilla and Baroness Teresa Mayon on BBC Sounds.