Camilla Parker Bowles doesn’t wish the title of the British Queen

Camilla Parker Bowles does not want to take the title of Queen when the &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/cis/2001/11/12/20658.html ' target=_blank>Prince of Wales becomes King, Clarence House insisted today. She will be known as the Princess Consort when the Prince succeeds to the throne, Communications Secretary Paddy Harverson said. Mr Harverson firmly denied claims that the Household had misled the public and said the matter had been made clear from the beginning. The Government yesterday confirmed that Camilla would automatically become Queen when the Prince accedes to the throne, unless there was a change in legislation, reports the Scotsman. Confusion has reigned in the run-up to Charles' wedding to his longtime lover next month with the venue switched, constitutional experts questioning the legality of a civil ceremony and the monarch deciding not to attend her son's town hall nuptials. Now the woman widely blamed for the break-up of Charles' marriage to the late &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/main/2001/07/14/10131.html ' target=_blank>Princess Diana finds herself ensnared in yet another legal tangle. Acutely aware of public misgivings over his lover, Charles had ruled out the divorced mother of two assuming the &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/world/2002/04/01/27267.html ' target=_blank>title of queen when he accedes to the throne. Polls show that the British public has come to accept their 35-year relationship but only a tiny minority believe she should be queen. On announcing his engagement, Charles said that his future wife would be known as the Princess Consort when he accedes to the throne. But the British government, quizzed in parliament over the sensitive issue, said on Monday that legislation would be required in Britain to deny Parker Bowles the . The complications do not stop there. The law would also have to be changed in Commonwealth nations like Canada, Australia and New Zealand which have a monarchical constitution. That could then fuel republican resistance to the House of Windsor's figurehead role in these countries, tells Reuters. NR

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