Her Majesty, a long-term campaigner on the issue of violence against women, invited Mme Pelicot for tea at Clarence House to discuss a new memoir she has written about her shocking case.
Gisele Pelicot became a figurehead for women around the world after she waived her right to anonymity at the trial of her husband and dozens of men he invited to abuse her after drugging her.
Rape survivor Gisele Pelicot said she was deeply moved by a letter from Queen Camilla, who lauded the 'extraordinary dignity' Pelicot showed throughout the harrowing legal proceedings.
The trial at the Regional Court of Aachen echoes Pelicot's ordeal, where she was drugged and abused by her husband and dozens of other men for almost a decade.
Husamettin Dogan, 44, was the only one to have maintained an appeal after the first trial last year of 51 men, including Pelicot's husband Dominique Pelicot, in the mass sexual abuse case
A French appeal court is to rule in the case of Husamettin Dogan, who claims he saying he never intended to rape Gisele Pelicot and was 'trapped' by her ex-husband Dominique.
Gisele Pelicot, the Frenchwoman who became a feminist hero in a mass rape trial last year, has told a court that she is trying to rebuild her life 'from the ruins'.