To: tjwmason
Ok, a really dumb question: If Charles becomes King, doesn't she become something?
To: leadpenny
Ok, a really dumb question: If Charles becomes King, doesn't she become something?
The law of title is very simple in this regard. A woman who marries a man of higher rank automatically aquires the female form of his title. Therefore if nothing else changes on their marriage she will become Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall &c.&c.; then on his accession to the throne she would become Queen.
The problem is that most people are not terribly happy about this (I'm not overly keen, but neither am I terribly bothered myself), and therefore I think it likely that she will be given an alternate title - which can be done by specific intervention of the Queen.
13 posted on
02/10/2005 2:31:58 AM PST by
tjwmason
(For he himself has said, and it's greatly to his credit, he remains an Englishman.)
To: leadpenny
It'll be a morganatic marriage. If Chuckie becomes king, she won't become queen. She'll be a princess consort. Her title will be HRH, the Dutchess of Somthing-or-Other.
25 posted on
02/10/2005 4:16:06 AM PST by
mewzilla
(Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
To: leadpenny
yeah,
They become king and queen, but she has been given some such title. different from the gracious Diana. duchess of something.
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