The Queen has stated her sincere wish that when Charles ascends to the throne Camilla should be titled Queen Consort. I see this as a belated acknowledgement of the pressure the younger Charles was put under to marry a virgin rather than the woman he loved.
It’s noteworthy that while British kings have had Queens Consort, the husband of a Queen has always been Prince Consort rather than King Consort. This shows that a king is considered more important than a queen, despite the fact that Britain has had several strong Queens Regnant. I wonder what might happen in the future? The Succession to the Crown Act of 2013 gave female offspring an equal chance to succeed, but it’s unlikely that Princess Charlotte, currently 4th in line of succession, will ever have occasion for her husband’s royal title to be considered in this way. What’s more important in Aotearoa is whether we continue to have the British Monarch as our head of state.
Will we still have a British King?
Who knows what years ahead may bring?
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