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In reply to the discussion: Duchess of Cambridge pregnant [View all]Diclotican
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She can be a Queen (consort) as you say - but she could be a Queen like Elizabeth who is born to the purple so to say.. We have the same thing here in Norway, where our Queen are not a Queen who could rule in absent of a King (well, either our King and Queen have that much power anyway in a modern democracy, but our king is recognized as our head of state - and in theory where all laws goes to Our Queen is of ordinary origin - and therefore can not legally be recognized as Head of State.. So even if our current King dies - she can not take over the reign and be head of state for the rest of her life... It goes to the crown prince - and then hopefully after many years, it goes to his oldest daughter who then become Queen of Norway (first in more than 600 year by the way, our last ruling queen was Queen Margarethe the 1 of Norway-Denmark and Sweden, he heritages all tree crown's in the late 1370s..
I doubt she will be accepted as a Queen the same way Diana would have been.. The fact that Camilla have been divorced is enough to make her illegible to the full title of Queen... And yes, I think they had a agreement going back to before Charles married her - that she would not be using the title Queen, as it would rub to many in the face.. It is safer to decide it to be a Princess Consort rather than the consequences a popular uprising would be... The Royal families treatment of Diana was not exactly after the book, and many got really pissed of by it - she was popular and loved by most people in England and other places.. Camilla is the ugly witch who managed to get near the trhone by marriage to the Prince of Wales...
If Charles understand his subjects he would not use the title Queen but rather Princess Consort.. It might not be what he wanted it to be - but it is safer than to risk anything... Even though I doubt England will go republic anytime soon - The Kingdom is a institution who goes way back - and the experience with the republic in the 1600s was less than happy for the british. It is a reason they asked Charles the 2 to came back to England as King after Cromwell was buried under 6 foot of dirt.. If he is verry smart, he let his son get the throne rather than take it himself.. Queen Elizabeth is in her 80s, and still going strong, and I doubt he wil be any younger before she dies.... Her mother the Queen Mum got to the age of 100 before she passed away... So I guess the british Queen wil live for a long time yet..
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