PRINCESS OF wALES??

[optomist]

Was it just me or did I hear , on the rolling news channel BBC, the reader refer to the 'arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales.' yesterday.
About time too, I thought, and hope they won't be mealy mouthed about calling her Queen when the time comes...

[MarkRae]

> Does anyone really care?

The sad thing, as this thread illustrates, is that there are millions of people for whom this is really important. It truly boggles the mind...

[AB Editor]

I'm a bit surprised by the answers to this thread to be honest - what criteria are you judging Camilla on for her princessliness? What exactly makes it impossible for her to be Queen, assuming (fairly!) that the day will come?

[AB Editor]

Or rather call herself queen/princess?

[craft1948]

Well for me Ed I think it's 'cos she's an adulteress, but then I'm old-fashioned.

[MarkRae]

In precisely the way that her current husband and his first wife were...

[emmie]

it's called having an opinion,

[optomist]

Thanks for replies, surely it is the rule that a wife takes her husband's titles, I have never heard of exemptions royal or otherwise. Yes I know that one can call oneself by any chosen name but I'm talking 'legal,' so why pussyfoot around it. I sympathise with expressions of distaste but what about an answer to the question.

[Mosaic]

'Deceitful adulteress, leech on a hard-pressed society and well known courtesan' is a bit of a mouthful I suppose.

[MarkRae]

> what about an answer to the question.

See my first reply...

[ummmm]

Do you really think Diana was a faithful wife, Crafty?

[jake-the-peg]

Keep it in perspective?

Dianna?

Are you kidding?

http://blogs.telegrap...-gives-me-the-creeps/

[chaptazbru]

For me, she carried on with Charles when she knew he was going to marry a young and innocent Diana - him and her as bad as one another imo.

[daffy654]

I like Camilla and couldn't stand Diana (after meeting her on more than one occasion).

[Baldric]

Food for thought?

http://blogs.telegrap...y-married-to-charles/

[AB Editor]

"Well for me Ed I think it's 'cos she's an adulteress, but then I'm old-fashioned."

Is she? Is it fact? Or just speculation? Sorry for my naivety - I've never "followed" the story...

[craft1948]

ummmm if you look through my posts I have never mentioned what I thought of Diana, the OP is about Camilla.
Anyway, what's a girl to do when some horse-faced old bag is getting your share?

[China Doll]

I don't understand why people are so against it. I'm not that interested in the royals so have to admit it doesn't bother me in the slightest but I don't really see the problem, Charles had an affair, Diana had an affair... blah, blah, blah.... now Charles and Camila are married and seemingly happily so. If he is the king then quite rightly she is his queen.

[Kiki-frog]

I'm with you, daffy. I never really saw why people raved over Diana so much. And I like Camilla - she's always dignified, even though she takes an awful lot of criticism and abuse (not least from ABers, it seems). Her step sons seem to get on with her, so she can't be that bad!

[AB Editor]

Thank you for the articles both.

[starone]

They all carry on a bit though don't they. It is only because their adultery was such front line news that it seems wrong. The others have been divorced, except for Edward, but give it time, and Diana wasn't a complete innocent. Although, to be fair, she was at first. If she had died while married to Charles then her successor whether an adulteress or not would be Princess of Wales. And don't forget that Charles was to blame as well as Camilla, so does that mean no-one wants him as King or that he can't be king because he has committed adultery. I hardly think so, when I look at past kings.
P.S. Personally I don't care, but find the argument interesting.