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Queen Camilla Question

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1 year 9 months ago #73161 by MelA
Queen Camilla Question was created by MelA
Can someone tell me why Camilla is "Queen" and Philip wasn't called "King" but Prince??
Is Camilla called Queen or Queen Consort.  I, being an American don't know all this.  I just find it hard to call her "Queen".
Thanks for any insight!

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1 year 9 months ago #73163 by mrsb04
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Mel
Princes never became kings because they would then out rank their wives who were queens. 

Before Queen Elizabeth  died she decreed that Camilla would be Queen consort.  However invitations to the coronation referred to her as Queen. Presumably the King wished for her to be called that. 
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1 year 9 months ago #73164 by MelA
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Thank you mrsb!  Ok, so a King is higher than a Queen.  Is a Queen Consort less than a Queen?
Like I said, I'm having trouble calling her Queen.
I appreciate your help mrsb!

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1 year 9 months ago - 1 year 9 months ago #73166 by mrsb04
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Queens are either regnant  or consort. A regnant Queen is first in line to the throne  when the previous monarch dies.
A consort queen is married to or marries a king and has less power than a regnant queen as she cannot appoint a Prime Minister, dissolve parliament or create peerages. 
Our late queen's mother was a consort but was referred to as Queen Elizabeth, note the lack of a regnal number. 
Prince Philip was a consort too. 
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1 year 9 months ago #73168 by CindyL
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I'm with Mel, can't call her Queen.  Does her Consort title also have something to do with the fact that she is King (gotta get used to that!) Charles' second wife?
Did you get up to watch the Coronation, mrsb?

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1 year 9 months ago #73170 by mrsb04
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Does her Consort title also have something to do with the fact that she is King Charles' second wife?
No it doesn't  Cindy the spouse of a monarch is always a consort. 
Yes I did watch it. 
 
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