Francesca Simon gets sent to The Tower of London! (All in the name of BBC 500 Words)

Francesca joined the 50 finalists of the BBC 500 Words competition at a brilliant star-studded event at the Tower of London. Francesca has judged the competition four times and says ‘I love being involved with 500 Words, I love reading the stories, and I love supporting 130,000 young writers!’

The six winning stories were read aloud by big name actors and comedians David Walliams, Jenny Agutter, David Suchet, Sir Derek Jacobi and Eve McKeon and John Bishop.

You can watch clips of all the action at The Tower here and find out more about the winning stories.

HRH the Duchess of Cornwall with fellow judges and finalists in the moat at the Tower of London

HRH the Duchess of Cornwall with fellow judges and finalists in the moat at the Tower of London

Here's Francesca with the other judges, left to right: Chris Evans, Malorie Blackman, Frank Cottrell Boyce, HRH Duchess of Cornwall, Francesca, Charlie Higson

Here’s Francesca with the other judges, left to right:
Chris Evans, Malorie Blackman, Frank Cottrell Boyce, HRH Duchess of Cornwall, Francesca, Charlie Higson