Until now, there was uncertainty about how to address Camilla in the future. One reason was that she had been married before she married Charles, the BBC said.
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“When my son Charles becomes king in full, I know that you will give him and his wife Camille the same support you gave me. It is my sincere wish that when that time comes, Camilla will be known as the queen’s wife, because she too will continue in faithful service (the earth), “Elizabeth II wrote.
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Charles and Camilla are “moved and honored,” their spokesman said. At the time of Charles and Camilla’s marriage, there was a general belief that the newlyweds would one day be approached by the Princess Consort. By the same token, Elizabeth’s wife, Philip, who died last year, was addressed as Prince Consort. According to British tradition, the title of king would give him supremacy over the queen.
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Duchess Camilla
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In her speech, the queen remembers her father, King George VI, after whose death in 1952 she ascended the British throne, her mother and her husband Philip, and the love and support that her whole life included. “I am lucky that my family consistently and lovingly supports me,” she wrote.
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“I am pleased to renew the promise I made to you in 1947 to dedicate my whole life to the ministry,” the queen wrote, rejecting speculation of a possible abdication. In 1947, before she ascended the throne, the then princess said she would dedicate her whole life to the ministry, whether it was a short life or a long one.
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The most widely read British Daily Mail came out with the headline “Camilla will be queen”. She interprets the queen’s decision as “evidence of a lasting affection for the woman who made her firstborn son happy.”
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The competing tabloid Sunday Express sees the speech as “the queen’s gift to Charles for the platinum jubilee,” as the 70th anniversary is called. According to the newspaper’s Sunday edition, the queen is trying to make a smooth transition in succession.
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“This was the first time the Queen had made a public statement on a non-consensus issue since Charles and Camilla’s 2005 wedding,” said The Sunday Times. The Queen’s move ended “years of controversy and ambiguity” about the future role of the Duchess when her husband ascended the throne.
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“Camilla has obtained the Queen’s approval,” says The Telegraph.
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The so-called platinum anniversary of the monarch is celebrated by the British monarchy for the first time. Elizabeth ascended the throne on February 6, 1952, the day of the death of her father, King George VI. Since the beginning of the reign falls on the same day as the death of her father, the queen does not celebrate the anniversary ostentatiously. The official has no official events on the agenda for today. The celebrations will culminate in early June, when they will be accompanied by concerts and street events.
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