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1. second+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-09-08 19:27:50
I don't think Camilla will become Queen, but I'm not 100% sure of the arcane rules
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2. mizzao+s4[view] [source] 2022-09-08 19:47:22
>>second+(OP)
I think GP may have been referring to Prince William and Catherine.
3. bregma+L5[view] [source] 2022-09-08 19:53:48
>>second+(OP)
She is styled the Queen Consort. She is not a queen.
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4. Macha+e6[view] [source] 2022-09-08 19:55:25
>>second+(OP)
Queen Elizabeth's mother was also "Queen Elizabeth" as wife of the king, until her daughter took the throne and she became the "Queen Mother" to distinguish which Queen Elizabeth.

(This is not the same as her mother being Queen Elizabeth I, which was the tudor queen from the 1500s, wife-of-king queens don't take up a number).

It's a weird bit of asymmetry to the husband-of-queen title being decided on an adhoc basis, having been a prince of denmark, prince-consort of the united kingdom and prince of the united kingdom respectively.

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5. jesusc+rl[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-09-08 21:08:02
>>Macha+e6
Imagine it was as simple as Royal Member Level 2 and Staff Royal Family Member.
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6. wlonkl+0H[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-09-08 23:29:15
>>bregma+L5
I know it's getting into technicalities, but "consort" modifies "queen", like "pro" modifies "airpods". The opposite is a queen regnant. Both are queens.

So while you're right that she is styled Her Majesty the Queen Consort, she is the same kind of queen that Queen Charlotte was. I think you're right that people are avoiding the phrase "Queen Camilla" at the moment but I think it will come into use.

(But she is definitely not the sovereign.)

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7. caf+Zn1[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-09-09 06:51:29
>>Macha+e6
It's a weird bit of asymmetry to the husband-of-queen title being decided on an adhoc basis...

The asymmetry derives from an asymmetry in the titles themselves: the title "King" outranks the title "Queen", rather than those titles being of equal rank. You can't have someone other than the monarch outranking the monarch, so the husband of the reigning Queen can't be a King.

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