to want it to be known that the queen

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Is kate's grandmother in law. Not mil.I'm sure I am actually but it is irrationally irritating me.

So just ignore :)

I agree!

Phew . Thought I'd been sent to mm Coventry :)

who thinks she's her mother in law?

lots of threads about her at the moment, with people talking about her MIL, the Queen

YANBU. A lot of people on MN seem to think that.

But what if she is Kate's grandmother as per the prank call :)? Perhaps that is the wider expose/scandal etc...

Her MIL will be the Queen one day.

Lol Hamish :) not so much now but 200 years ago that was no big deal was it? Blue blood an all that!
Lovely, given this is a pedantic thread, Camilla is actually her step mil

What about the corgis?

Yes Camilla is Step MIL.
Her MIL is brown bread.

And Camilla will not be Queen I hope. Recent talk was about Princess Consort.

Ah yes that's right. I remembered there was some discussion about what her title will be but couldn't remember the detail

My fault possibly. I mentioned it on a thread. My excuse is that I have pregnant brain and also have tried to block Diana pow out of my consciousness as I found the whole hysteria surrounding her death deeply distasteful. Troubled woman, tragic death is about all I care to remember.

Your sentence has been reduced slightly though due to your mitigating circumstances.

Her MIL will not be the Queen one day, since she is dead. It is annoying me that the Queen is referred to as her Grandmother as well.

Technical question - can you retrospectively be a MIL from beyond the grave?

Is Diana 'Kate's MIL' at all? It seems weird to me that she should die and then 15 or so years later become a MIL? Is this possible?

Or does Kate simply not have a MIL?

If Diana had died AFTER K&W married then yes she would be MIL albeit a dead one, as she was alive when the marriage took place.

If marriage is the joining of 2 families as well as 2 people, then the Queen would be her Grandma surely? Is that the whole, old school/traditional perspective/point of marriage?

...and the Queen calls her "Catherine" and not Kate.

as this is a pedantic thread can you tell me why Catherine is shortened to Kate and not Cate?

Pretty please - I have a burning desire to know but can't talk about it in RL

And Camilla will not be Queen

No, she must never be Queen!!!

What is the objection to Camilla being Queen?

Who cares if Camilla is called Queen or not? Gawd!

Why mustn't Camilla be Queen?

She is a damm sight more dignified than Diana ever was.

hiphop I think her name was shortened to Kate for media purposes. It makes her appear more 'normal' compared to her real name of Catherine. Friends who were at Downe House at the same time as her told me she was always known as Catherine, not Kate. That might have changed though but I think it is more likely that there is a PR angle behind it.

Dignified...wasn't she the OW??