Lovely Bones stars meet royals at world premiere

Prince Charles met the stars of the film at the charity screening

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall met director Peter Jackson and the cast of The Lovely Bones at its windswept world premiere in London.

They braved the rain to speak to stars including Susan Sarandon and Saoirse Ronan at the Royal Film Performance.

The movie is based on Alice Sebold's bestselling novel about a murdered girl who watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven.

The Lovely Bones will be released in January 2010.

Jackson said he had no intention of making the novel into a movie when he first read it in 2002.

"I was in the middle of doing the Two Towers post production so I was very busy," he said.

"I wasn't looking for another movie to make but I was reading the book and I found it to be very affecting.

"I thought the themes were interesting because we all wonder what's going to happen to us after we die.

"That's one of those mysteries of humanity and the book addresses that in a really interesting way. I thought it would make a terrific movie."

The Royal Film Performance is the principal fundraising event of The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund.

All money raised will go directly to the charity, which supports film and TV employees and their families in times of hardship.

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