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Queen Camilla is very much likely
BY A CORRESPONDENT
March 22: Upon death of Queen Elizabeth and Prince
Charles' ascension as the King of England, Camilla Parker
Bowles, due to get married to her long-time princely boyfriend
will become the Queen of England. She will also become the
Queen of Australia, New Zealand and Canada and of several
other Commonwealth countries where the title of British Queen
is still in place.
The British monarchy is one of the longest-standing royal
institutions of modern times, successfully surviving Britain's
transition to democracy and two World Wars. And the British
people still retain their fascination for the monarchy,
constantly fed royal fodder by the tabloid and mainstream
media.
It will require legal changes in 17 countries to prevent
Camilla Parker Bowles from becoming Queen, which seems highly
unlikely.
Prince Charles's office Clarence House had earlier announced
that Camilla Parker Bowles will earn the title Duchess of
Cornwall after her wedding to Prince Charles, and intends to
take the title Princess Consort, when the Prince accedes the
throne.
But the government stand seems to be different. A Labour party
MP on Wednesday raised a question in the British Parliament
whether the Prince Charles-Camilla Parker Bowles wedding will
be a morganatic one - one in which the wife will not have the
title of Queen. The answer to question was "no."
Labor MP Andrew McKinlay had earlier accused the Prince of
Wales of being "less than frank with the country" over his
upcoming marriage to Camilla.
BY A CORRESPONDENT
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