Queen Camilla is reflecting on an early chapter of her life.

King Charles III‘s wife of 21 years provided rare insight into her childhood and how her father, Bruce Shand, ignited her passion for reading while celebrating her charity, The Queen’s Reading Room, during their visit to the United States.

“He was wonderful,” Camilla shared with Today‘s Jenna Bush Hager in an interview that aired on April 30. “He used to sit at the end of our beds every night and read us these incredibly exciting stories, some of them quite frightening, pillows over our head.”

She remarked about her father, who was a British Army officer, “He just gave us this incredible interest.”

In fact, the queen was able to celebrate one of her favorite authors growing up, A.A. Milne, during her appearance at the New York Public Library by reading one of the English author’s most famous works to a group of kids. As she admitted to Jenna, who introduced her at the event, “I love Winnie-the-Pooh.”