As talks of crowing Prince Charles becomes more and more important, people involved in the next King’s life will also undergo many changes as he takes on the role as the sovereign of Britain.
One of them is his current wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles. The Duchess of Cornwall and Rothesay has been with Prince Charles since 2005.
The two were young lovers back then but due to the complicated rules and laws of the royal family, Charles was prohibited to marry Camilla back then.
Their relationship was reignited when Charles was married to his first wife, Prince Diana, Princess of Wales and a very rocky marriage ensued due to the Prince’s unfaithfulness.
Diana, unfortunately, passed away in 1997 from a freak accident, just a year before, Charles’ and Diana’s divorce was finalized.
Amongst the anger of the British citizen, Charles laid low and was in and out of the relationship with Camilla afterwards. But in 2005, the two were actually wedded.
For royalty, the title given to a royal male, his wife takes on the title as well. Right now, Prince Charles is known as Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay and Prince of Wales. Camilla only adapted the dukedom her husband has, leading her to be the Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay.
Camilla has never carried the title ‘Princess of Wales’ regardless of Prince Charles having the title. This is because when Princess Diana died, the Princess of Wales was forever given to her despite her untimely passing.
As Charles accedes the throne, Camilla’s titles will change too. As the wife of the King, Camilla should be known as ‘Queen Consort’ but due to the complicated life of Charles and Camilla, she is said to only hold the title ‘Princess Consort’.
According to some experts, the reason for taking on this title is to show respect to Princess Diana, who would have been the ‘Queen Consort’ if not for her divorce and death.
"Under common law the spouse of a King automatically becomes Queen. But there are two possible reasons why Camilla might not assume the title. The first is the argument that Camilla cannot become Queen because her 2005 civil marriage to Prince Charles was not valid. The argument runs as follows: because the Marriage Acts from 1753 have explicitly excepted royal marriages from their provisions, the only valid marriage which a member of the royal family could contract in England was a religious marriage in the Church of England”, Constitutional experts at University College London's Constitution Unit have claimed.