There Camilla’s revenge it is about to reach full fulfilment. Charles’ former lover – once hated by British subjects and also by Queen Elizabeth – is now one queen consort increasingly appreciated and valued, as revealed by several surveys. And now he’s about to get a new «promotion». In fact, it seems Buckingham Palace, after the coronation on May 6th, will change its official title: no longer «queen consort» but, simply, «queen». According to Daily Mailthe first sign of the novelty came last week, when Camilla, updating the name of her social reading club, the «Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room», launched the «Queen’s Reading Room». Without the word consort, in fact.
AND it will soon changeaccording to the British tabloid, also the official register of the royal family: «At the Palace it is thought that the title of “queen consort” is too cumbersome. Better that Camilla is known, simply, as “queen”». On the other hand, the royal staff already addresses Camilla as queen. And also several tabloids, including The Telegraphhave long since abandoned the formal “queen consort Camilla” for a more immediate “queen Camilla”.
In short: only the official change of the title is missing. And it looks like that too is coming. The passage from «queen consort» to queen» it won’t lead to a substantial change in Camilla’s status, but it will have a big impact on her image. She explains it the Telegraphadding that «the staff of Buckingham Palace wants to remove the term “consort” from Camilla’s title” Also “to align her with the wives of the kings who preceded her over the centuries». Indeed she sovereign consorts like Elizabeth Bowes-Lyonthe mother of Elizabeth II, o Mary of Teck (wife of George V) or, again, Alexandra (Edward VII’s consort) are still today known by the simple name of queens.
Immediately after the death of Elizabeth II, as explained to Corriere della Sera historian Hugo Vickers, calling Camilla “queen consort” was a good way to differentiate her from Elizabeth by avoiding confusion. By now, months after Elizabeth’s death, «that consort no longer makes sense». On May 6, therefore, Charles III will be crowned king, and Camilla will also become queen.
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