Will Camilla be queen if Charles becomes king? – USA-TECHNEWS

He will ascend the throne and become king, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II today (September 8).

Charles becomes the third of his name to sit on the British throne.

But will his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, also be queen?

Here’s everything you need to know:

On February 5, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, Queen Elizabeth II gave her approval to Camilla to become queen consort in the future.

The Queen shared her “sincere wish” that the Duchess of Cornwall would one day be known as Queen Consort, and called on the nation to support both Camilla as Queen and the Prince of Wales as King.

Elizabeth II said in the written message: “I want to thank you all for your support. I remain eternally grateful for, and humbled by, the loyalty and affection you continue to give me.

“And when my son Charles becomes king in time, I know that you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me; and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own faithful service.”

A spokesman for Prince Charles and Camilla said: “He and the Duchess of Cornwall are moved and honored by Her Majesty’s words.”

The term royal consort is used to refer to the husband of the reigning monarch.

Camilla will bear the title Queen Consort when Charles becomes king – meaning she will be known as Queen Camilla.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, married Prince Charles in 2005.

It is her second marriage, following the divorce from Andrew Parker Bowles, with whom she has two children, in 1995.

There was fierce debate and controversy leading up to Charles and Camilla’s marriage 17 years ago over whether the then-Mrs. Parker Bowles would ever become queen.

A king’s wife automatically becomes a queen consort and only a change in legislation will stop her from doing so.

Royal assistants insisted, when she married Charles, that Camilla did not want to be queen and originally said she “planned” instead to be known as princess consort – the first in British history – when Charles took the throne. ascended.

But the careful use of the verb “to plan” left this open to change in the future.

Any mention of “Princess Consort” was removed from Charles’s website during a 2018 revamp.

At the time of the couple’s royal wedding, the prince’s advisers claimed that Camilla would simply choose not to call herself queen and be known as princess consort.

But the government and other experts said that unless there was a change in the law, Camilla would still legally become queen if Charles became king, regardless of what she called herself.

Much has changed in the years since Charles — whose aides once said he had no intention of remarrying — married his former mistress.

Camilla was blamed for the failure of the Prince’s marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales – and when news of their affair first came to light, she faced vitriolic criticism.

But in the decades since the Waleses’ divorce, Diana’s untimely death in 1997 and Camilla’s inclusion in The Firm, the public mood towards the former Mrs Parker Bowles has softened.

Camilla has gradually taken a more prominent position within the royal family, from riding alongside the Queen in her Diamond Jubilee carriage procession to attending the State Opening of Parliament.

She was appointed Privy Counselor in 2016 for the Queen’s official 90th birthday, meaning she will be alongside Charles when he is formally proclaimed monarch in the Accession Council.