Line of succession

[rod]

Now that Camilla has married Charles where is she in line of succession? and if she is crowned queen Camilla with Charles and say Charles dies first, will William have to wait till she dies to become king?

[luckyboy]

No rod..when charles dies..willy takes over. simple as.

She's nowhere in the line of succession and this is the same for her children.. as it stands.. when charles becomes king, she becomes princess consort..for her to be given the title queen there would have to be agreement by parliament and the commonwealth..and theres very little chance of that.. the people would be overwhelmingly against, and it would be crippling long term for the royal family..and you can see from the queens behaviour that she thinks the same too.

[Loosehead]

Luckyboy is correct about the sucession Camilla makes no difference. But he has it the wrong way round about the title. She will become Queen consort otherwise the law would have to be changed in approx 11 commonwealth countries, the place admitted as much last week. I know there is a lot of talk about other titles but it would be very difficult for her not too become Queen consort. It may be underplayed by the palace and even ignored by the press but Queen consort she will be! My guess is it won't be for another 20 years anyway by which time we'll have all forgotten about this debate!

For the record if Charles dies first after accession Camilla will remain a Queen as in the case of the Queen mum, ie, Queen Elizabeth the Queen mother.

[luckyboy]

Where did you get this info loosehead..not saying you're wrong or anything..but according the info i've read, she will be called princess consort..

Queen camilla what a joke, that would be..

[Loosehead]

Well the papers said that initially but after about a week and presumably after some consultation with constitutional experts they had to say after all that she would be queen. See here:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19769-1535536,00.html

Why would Queen Camilla be a joke? the wife of a King is a Queen.The last Queen Consort was the late Queen mum, she was certainly not a joke.

[kempie]

Although she may not be known as Queen Camilla barring an Act of Parliament, she will legally become queen consort the moment Charles ascends the throne, but her title would be Her Royal Highness The Princess Consort.

http://www.answers.com/topic/princess-consort

[luckyboy]

Comparing camilla with the late queen mum is a joke.

have you not forgotten this pairs escapades..i do not begrudge both of them every future happiness, and i know that one day he will be king.. but to put queen anywhere near her title.. is in my opinion and i know millions of others a total farce..

 Republican's everywhere will rejoice 

[Gevs1966]

Isn't her title now the Duchess of Cornwall??

[ursula62]

On marrying the Prince of Wales, she automatically became the Princess of Wales. She is choosing not to use that title out of respect for Diana, William and Harry, but she has every right to under the current laws.

[spudqueen]

Also, if Charles should die before his Mum then Camilla will never be Queen, but I think I'm right in saying that Wills wouldn't be King either, the succession would pass to Andrew.

[Loosehead]

No Spudqueen, an unexhausted succession path is not affected by death. Succession is thus:

Charles, William, Harry, Andrew, Edward.......

Only if Charles had no offspring at death would Andrew succeed.

Gevs, yes she is Duchess Of Cornwall (and princess of Wales) until Charles becomes King, then she is Queen Camilla whatever she decides to actually call herself.

[kempie]

Loosehead - you missed out Beatrice and Eugenie ahead of Edward.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_Succession_to_the_British_throne

[cheyenne]

EH!! I thought Elton would Become QUEEN  (:}

                                                                 

[ursula62]

Although the Wikipedia article that kempie posted is correct, don't you consider it ridiculous and unfair that Prince Andrew's daughters have more claim to the throne than the Queen's Daughter, Princess Anne?

The sooner we get rid of the male precedence idea from hereditary titles the better.

[tetherend]

Camilla's own decision not to be called Princess of Wales out of respect for HRH Diana?  Oh please, that old boiler has no respect for anyone other than herself.