Duchess of Cornwall may be the next Queen of England.
September 16, 2008
Once Prince Charles, who is heir to British throne, succeeds his Queen Elizabeth II as the next monarch, he is supposedly ready to make his wife Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, Queen. According to the News of the World, newspaper, the Prince of Wales, who married his long-time lover in April 2005, is believed to have held a series of meetings with his senior aides, constitutional experts and religious leaders, to ensure that Camilla is made the queen once he ascends the throne.
An unnamed Buckingham Palace aide is quoted as saying, “Make no mistake; this is very important to the prince and the duchess. Clarence house has previously indicated that when the Prince of Wales becomes king, Camilla intends to be known as Princess Consort. But that is not set in stone- far from it. The prince and duchess do not want her status undermined when he is the sovereign. And both believe the matter will be resolved in their favour.”
Under current laws in Britain, Camilla would automatically become queen when Charles is made king because of the fact that they are married. However, according to the revelation by an ICM survey conducted for the Daily Mail, the public opinion in 2007 was against Camilla becoming the queen. The majority of Britons oppose Camilla becoming queen if Prince Charles does become king. A whopping 59 percent do not want her to be queen.
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