diff --git a/crates/ruma-events/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/ruma-events/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b119a06..90dd8f99 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-events/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/ruma-events/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Improvements:
 
 * Add `room::message::MessageType::body` accessor method
 * Implement `Redact` for event structs (in addition to `Any` event enums)
+* Add `room::message::RoomMessageEventContent::{body, msgtype}` accessor methods
 
 # 0.24.6
 
diff --git a/crates/ruma-events/src/room/message.rs b/crates/ruma-events/src/room/message.rs
index 08f4930c..30a077d4 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-events/src/room/message.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-events/src/room/message.rs
@@ -164,6 +164,19 @@ impl RoomMessageEventContent {
             ..Self::notice_html(body, html_body)
         }
     }
+
+    /// Returns a reference to the `msgtype` string.
+    ///
+    /// If you want to access the message type-specific data rather than the message type itself,
+    /// use the `msgtype` *field*, not this method.
+    pub fn msgtype(&self) -> &str {
+        self.msgtype.msgtype()
+    }
+
+    /// Return a reference to the message body.
+    pub fn body(&self) -> &str {
+        self.msgtype.body()
+    }
 }
 
 /// The content that is specific to each message type variant.