Camilla to be crowned.

The preposterous perpetuation of celebrating the dysfunctional behaviour of the royal family never ceases to amaze me.

Who cares if she gets a crown?? It's all more nonsense. It's just like going to a pantomime and I was going to say it's a free showing but actually it's not . The public purse will shell out, yet again, for another spectacle.

People choose to ignore so readily the damage done to a very young and naive girl who was used to produce heirs to the throne for this lot whilst all the while Charles was having a 'relationship' with Camilla.

It is sad that Charles didn't show more determination in his relationship with Camilla before both were married, thus averting the tragic marriage to Diana, but only they know the truth of what happened. They are representative of so many broken marriages today, and are fortunate to be able to start again.
I dislike the insinuation that they are paying lip service to the Christian faith in order to 'get the crown'. One of the tenets of the Christian religion is repentance and forgiveness; I believe they have repented and hope they gain forgiveness, but it is not for me to judge.

Camilla was in love with Andrew Parker Bowles, one of her
cousins showed me the wedding photographs, 1973

Queen Mother, Margaret and Anne were guests .

Anne had dated Andrew, he is Godfather to one of her children, Charles is Godfather to one of Camilla’s children,

There was no great, passionate affair then, they were all part of a country set.

Charles had a relationship with Kanga Tyron, not with Camilla

Kalu

Zoejory

The Queen wanted her to be Queen Consort.

Meaning, the late queen didn’t want Camilla to be crowned Queen? Is Charles then going against his mother’s wishes?

I don’t keep up with royal news so may have got it wrong here.

Th Queen's mother was Queen Consort to George V1. She was crowned queen - not as a queen in her own right as descended to the throne, but as George's wife, his queen consort. The word consort is just another word for spouse.

She was afterwards usually referred to as Queen Elizabeth, the consort part of her official title was mostly dropped, as it was for the wives of other kings. The same exactly will happen to Camilla.

eazybee It is sad that Charles didn't show more determination in his relationship with Camilla before both were married, thus averting the tragic marriage to Diana, but only they know the truth of what happened.

I assume he would be saddened not having his children.

Life choices and consequences.

To be frank I don't care. She is already Queen Consort. There is no legal requirement for a coronation for either King or QC. Let's save the expense given the economic mess the Tories have got us into after 12 years.

I’m looking forward to watching Camilla be crowned.

I admire how she is promoting the subject of domestic abuse. She’s a tough old cookie and I admire her.

I think she should be crowned she makes Charles happy & does a lot of charity work I know it’s not a popular opinion but I’m afraid what happened in the past is the past

Me too , NanKate

silverlining48

I accept Camilla as consort but see no reason why she should be crowned.
Philip wasn’t crowned why would she be.

Exactly this!

Charles is an adulterer who planned for his adultery before his marriage.

I’m a royalist, however I don’t think she should be crowned, Phillip wasn’t, why does she deserve it. She will still be his support crowned or not. I feel this will cause a lot of upset in the family.

She doesn’t seek the cameras and has never sued the press

Esspee

I was prepared to ignore the coronation, but for Charles to insist that his now wife be crowned is beyond the pale in my opinion.
I realise there are a huge number of royalists on Gransnet but do any of you agree with me that she should not be crowned?

Why don't you enlighten us as to why YOU think she shouldn't be crowned!

silverlining48

I accept Camilla as consort but see no reason why she should be crowned.
Philip wasn’t crowned why would she be.

The royal protocol - Kings’ wives become Queen Consort (such as the Queen Mother - and Diana would have been) A man marrying a Queen becomes Prince Consort, not King Consort. Prince Philip never took the title)

She’s not going to be queen and I don’t think she should be crowned. Apart from that I cannot stand either of them after what happened to Diana. She was treated so badly.

greenlady102

Charles is an adulterer who planned for his adultery before his marriage.

Diana too! Numerous affairs with married men - before divorce and after. Charles had one - the love of his life. If he had been allowed to marry Camilla from the start there would have been no divorce

I suppose it’s logical that she should be crowned, but somehow I just can’t see her as royal.

I like Camilla and don't think she was responsible for Charles's marriage. Only Charles was responsible for his marriage. It would not have broken up unless he decided he was going to let it happen (or if Diana herself had made that decision)

I actually blame Diana's own family for her unhappiness. Every one of them knew Charles' interests lay elsewhere, and even Diana herself did. But she was only 19 and wasn't yet wise enough to know she couldn't change Charles. The Spencer family were desperate to get their descendants on the throne that they perceived themselves as having a right to for historical reasons, and when daughter #1 couldn't get Charles to marry her, they tried another of their girls. I knew as soon as their engagement was announced that there was misery ahead.

As for Camilla, I believe she actually felt more strongly for Andrew Parker Bowles at the time, and when he finally decided he would marry her after all, she leapt at the chance and it happened while Charles was away in the Navy.

Anyway I wish them all the best - I feel I have much more in common with Charles and Camilla than I did with Philip and Elizabeth.

Personally I wouldn’t crown her , after all Philip wasn’t and she’s not queen but Queen consort. However I think there are more important issues in our country at the moment the way things are going we are doomed!

Normal for any sons to be reminded of their mum during such and other milestones. Their continued 'issues and acute pain' - particularly Harry's are created and fed obsessively by the very Diana loyalists who claim to care about them: 'he lost his mother at a young age, he was made to walk behind his mother's coffin', on and on it goes. Let the boys continue to heal and their mother RIP. Please.
And Camilla is the King's wife. Tradition & the constitution allow her coronation surely....

Yes she should definitely be crowned. I loved Diana but time moves on and it's clear to see King Charles loves this lady and she has supported him constantly.

Why did Diana say - she had to keep herself tidy,

The Duke of Windsor abdicated in order to marry Mrs Simpson.
Those were the days when royalty adhered to different standards.
We have lost so much, I don't know anyone with respect for the Royal family since the Queen died.
It seems to be the end of an era.

Exactly Coco51, Prince Philip was offered the title of Consort and refused it. Why is it people cannot seem to understand that the wife of a reigning King is a Queen and crowned as such,but the husband of a reigning Queen is never in history, (apart from William and Mary) been crowned king. If people read some history they will find out why. There have been eight reigning Queens since 1066, starting with Matilda, through to her late Majesty. Their husbands were not Kings.