Camilla Parker Bowles Better To Remain Princess Consort, Royal Expert Says

Camilla Parker Bowles should remain princess consort.

The Duchess of Cornwall’s fate as the future queen remains debatable for some. Others are convinced that Prince Charles would make his wife his queen. However, a royal expert believes that it’s better for Camilla to remain as princess consort when the Prince of Wales takes over the throne.

“At least one member of her family doesn’t want her to become Queen for fear of a backlash,” Penny Junor wrote in her 2017 book “The Duchess.”

“I think it would be better for her if she became Princess Consort. I do so want her to be all right and I do worry that she won’t be. How is she going to be judged?”

Historian Kate Williams said on Yahoo’s “The Royal Box“ that Camila may not be called queen upon Prince Charles’ coronation. The palace announced earlier that the duchess will be princess consort when the Prince of Wales reign.

According to her, it’s obviously Prince Charles expectation and wish that his wife be queen but at the moment, the only possible official line for her is to be princess consort.

However, other royal experts are confident that Camilla will be a queen one day. Robert Jobson said that “there is no question” about Camilla becoming queen unless there is a change in law because she is the king’s wife.

Royal biographer Christopher Wilson pointed out that the legitimacy of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall’s marriage might hinder the process of Camilla becoming queen. He noted that there were critics who argued that Prince Charles should have been barred from marrying Camilla in a register office by two statutes — the Marriage Act of 1836, which prohibits royals from marrying in register offices, and the 1949 Marriage Act.

“However, nothing short of a revolution can prevent Charles ascending the throne after his mother's death — but a legal challenge to the legitimacy of his marriage might put a stop to Camilla being crowned,” he explained.